Chalchiuhtlicue (MH901v)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chalchiuhtlicue (perhaps “Her Skirt is Jade,” or “Her Skirt is Greenstone”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a representation of what the name says. The glyph is a frontal view of the rectangular skirt (cueitl). In the middle of the skirt is a chalchihuitl, a precious greenstone, which is drawn with two concentric circles and four small circles evenly placed on the outside perimeter of the large circle, giving it some vibrance. Inside the innermost circle are some short straight lines. Along the bottom of the skirt there is a white segmented border, with five vertical lines dividing it into six segments. The greenstone is anchored to the border with two straight vertical lines. One extra line also appears inside the skirt on the left side of the greenstone. This might be a mistake, given that principles of symmetry might have led to a matching line on the right.