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LBI Code	CALE1_1
Inscription name	CALETA 1_1
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	CALE1
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	5
Direction	210
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	8-10
Line depth	1-2
Context on panel	no
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscriptions
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	5
Type of rock	cliff
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock
Natural defacement
Vandalism	damage by silicone-rubber
Archaeological context
Special conditions	part of a swimming area and coastal promenade
Further comments
Date of discovery	Padron 1881
References	Grau-Bassas 1881:298/3 O'Shea 1998:no.16 Campbell 1900:225/No. XVI Campbell 1904:73/No. XV Bethencourt 1912a:Fig5/No. XV Bethencourt 1912b:Fig.6/No.XLIII Wölfel 1940:Taf.XVII/5 Delgado 1964a:411 Delgado 1964b:Fig.74 Nowak 1985:83 Nowak 1986:76 Hernández 1987:69 Jímenez 1996:108 Arnaiz/Alonso 2000:233 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: HRG 2: NDZ2 3: NGNRN 4: MBRN 5: NGTDS2
Transcription
Translation
Comment	O'Shea 1898:224     "O sa ta ta ne se me oma oxhio hi ri mi to ma i. Osata tane seme Amehetzio hiri mito mai (Basque). Tablette du roi de la Cité Amahetzio, le fils de Tane, Osata." Campbell 1900:225     "O ta di ta ne shi ma a ma a shi a hi ri ma ta mai. Otadi Tane seme, Ametzei hiri mata mai. Tablet of Otadi, the son of Tane, king of the city of Ametzei." Campbell 1904:74     "Pi mo ma ka si i au ma i ar au pi mo be go ti tu ar au. Pimo ema kasii au mai arau: Pimo be goititu arau. Pimo gives to Kasi this tablet suitable: Pimo under errects suitably." Wölfel 1940:     "altnumidische Inschrift" Dealgado 1964:410     " nstdz - mbun - nsnrnz - nrz"
Nearby inscriptions	CALE1_2 CALE1_3 CALE1_4 CALE1_5 CALE1_6 CALE1_7 CALE1_8 CALE1_9
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	aa: Arnaiz Villana, A.; Alonso Garcia, J. (2000): Egipcios, Bereberes, Guanches y Vascos. Madrid 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 ca: Campbell, J. (1904): Critical examination of spanish documents relative to the Canary Islands, submitted to the writer by Senor Don Juan Bethencourt Alfonso, of Tenerife. Transactions of the Canadian Institute, volume VII, Toronto de: Delgado, A. (1964): Inscripciones líbicas de Canarias. La Laguna gb: Grau-Bassas, (1881/82): Inscripciones numídicas de la isla del Hierro. El Museo Canario IV/1881, 295-300, 333-334,370-371; V/1882, 265-267 hb: Hernandez Bautista, R. (1987): Los caracteres alfabeticos libicos bereberes del archipielago Canario. Primer Congreso Hispano-Africano de las Culturas Mediterraneas. 59-78 jg: Jiménez Gómez, M. de la C. (1996): La estación de grabados rupestres de La Caleta, Isla de El Hierro, Canarias. Tabona IX/1996, 99-118 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 os: O'Shea, H. (1898): Inscriptions de l'Ile de Hierro (Canaries). Bulletin Mensuel de Biarritz-Association, No. 12 wö: Wölfel, D. (1940/1979): Vorläufige Mitteilungen zu den kanarischen Siegeln und Inschriften. Leonardo Torriani: Die kanarischen Inseln und ihre Urbewohner, Leipzig 1940, Reprint Hallein 1979, Anhang III, 304 - 310 -> More LBI-References
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Terminology & Specifications