A temalacatl was a gladiatorial platform that is believed was used by the different civilizations of Mesoamerica, consisting of a large stone disc with a handle in the center where the prisoner was tied for further gladiatorial combat.

What does the Aztec word Temalacatl mean?

: a spindle-shaped stone in Aztec sacrificial rites to which an inadequately armed captive was attached while allowed ostensibly to defend himself against his executioners. — called also spindle stone.

What does Tembe mean?

1 : a people that is a northern Malay branch of the Sakai. 2 : a member of the Tembe people.