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The Tlacochcalcatl picture is actually the best picture you're going to get for instant recognition. Basically whenever you see Tlacaelel portrayed (which isn't often) he's wearing his Tlacochcalcatl costume or a costume that looks somewhat like the dress of a Tlatoani, but the second costume would not set him apart very well. The Tlacochcalcatl costume is significantly more recognizable, and whenever I see it he is the first person I think of.
As for glyphs, the Mexica did not have a fully phonetic writing system, instead they combined pictograms and phonetic writing. It was possible that his name was written in a more "writing-like" form at some point, but unfortunately 99% of the native books were lost to Spanish fires, including every single one from Tenochtitlan, and the majority of the remaining codices are post-conquest, so I can't really think of a better way to represent him than that picture.
Fortunately, we do actually know enough about him to write an entire biography of him! Several of the post-conquest nahua historians, such as Chimalpahin, wrote extensively about his life. Just earlier this year historian Susan Schroeder wrote the book Tlacaelel Remembered: Mastermind of the Aztec Empire. I bought it the day it came out and it is a fantastic book. I would definitely recommend it, it's amazing and rare to have so many details about a precolumbian historical figure.
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