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LBI Code	ARTE1_1
Inscription name	ARTEARA 1_1
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	ARTE1
Country/Island	Gran Canaria/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	339
Direction	210
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	5-15
Line depth	1-2
Context on panel	anthropomorphs, linear-geometric
Context on site	geometric
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	4?
Type of rock	boulder
Deposition	basalt (fonolita)
Conformation of rock	rough surface
Natural defacement	dark patina
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context	necropolis (C14-dating: 5.cent. BC)
Special conditions	protected archaeological area
Further comments
Date of discovery	TAMOGANTE 2003
References	García et al. 2004 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment	The panel presents a mixture of anthropomorphic and linear-geometric depictions which hardly can be disentangled. The borders between script lines and other depictions are fluid.
Transliteration
Transcription
Translation
Comment	García et al. 2004:124     " Los alfabetiformes aparecen dispersos en el panel, estando en su mayoría asociados entre ellos, formando complejos ideogramas."
Nearby inscriptions
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2: Fig. 3: Fig. 4: Fig. 5:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	gn: García Navarro, M. et al. (2004): Nueva estación de grabados rupestres localizada en la necrópolis de Arteara, San Bartolomé de Turajana, Gran Canaria. Revista Tabona 12:119-136 -> More LBI-References
Author and copyright	© by Werner Pichler and TAMOGANTE 2007
Terminology & Specifications