Hualitztoc (MH898r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Hualitztoc (perhaps “He Came to Await”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of the upper half of a man’s body. His arms are raised, and his elbows are bent at about 90-degree angles. His left eye is slightly visible, which may be a phonetic indicator of the part of the name that is -itztli (employing the homophone, ixtli, the word for eye). He wears either a tilmatli (cape) or a European shirt, because cloth drapes over the upper half of his body with lines that suggest a three-dimensionality. His hairstyle differs from the typical tribute payer.