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LBI Code	BTEJ5_1
Inscription name	B TEJELEITA 5_1
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	BTEJ5
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	188
Direction	120
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	8-10
Line depth	1
Context on panel	linear-geometric
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscription
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	2
Type of rock	cliff
Deposition
Conformation of rock	natural cracks and holes
Natural defacement	light patina
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context
Special conditions	near to a cave
Further comments
Date of discovery
References	Campbell 1900:XXIV Bethencourt 1912:LI Delgado 1964:415/Fig.80b Nowak 1985:87 Nowak 1986:79 Jimenez 1987:226 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: NFLYN 2: NS2HBN
Transcription
Translation
Comment	Delgado 1964: four lines (!)     "mrn - nmlyzn - nsybn - sb"
Nearby inscriptions	BTEJ5_2
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	ba: Bethencourt Alfonso, J. (1912/1991): Historia del Pueblo Guanche. Tomo 1. La Laguna ca: Campbell, J. (1900): Mexican Colonies from the Canary Islands traced by Language. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, second series, volume VI, Toronto/London de: Delgado, A. (1964): Inscripciones líbicas de Canarias. La Laguna jg: Jiménez Gómez, M. de la C. (1987): Las tesis Antropológico-Culturales sobre la prehistoria de El Hierro: algunas consideraciones para su análisis. Tabona VI/1985-87,211-226 no: Nowak, H. (1985): Die "alphabetiformen Inschriften" der Kanareninsel Hierro. Almogaren XIII-XIV/1982-83, Hallein, 69-90 no: Nowak, H. (1986): Die "alphabetiformen Inschriften" der Kanareninsel Hierro. Almogaren. Kanarische Studien II. Hallein -> More LBI-References
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Terminology & Specifications