like the calpixcalli, this was a house where majordomos and stewards were housed; these men fed the rulers (see Sahagún)
See an image that represents texancalli in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Calpixcalli, texancalli, vncã cenqujçaia: in jxqujch calpixquj, ioan tequjtquj = Calpixcalli or Texancalli: there assembled all the majordomos and tribute gatherers (central Mexico, sixteenth century)