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LBI Code	CALE1_6
Inscription name	CALETA 1_6
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	CALE1
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	5
Direction	240
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	1
Type of rock	cliff
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock
Natural defacement
Vandalism
Archaeological context
Special conditions	part of a swimming area and coastal promenade
Further comments
Date of discovery	Padron 1881
References	Grau-Bassas 1881:370/10 O'Shea 1998:no.19c Campbell 1900:225/No. XXI Bethencourt 1912:Fig5/No. XLVIII Wölfel 1940:Taf.XVII/5 Delgado 1964b:Fig.74 Nowak 1985:82 Nowak 1986:76 Jímenez 1996:113 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: GRZ1N
Transcription
Translation
Comment	Wölfel 1940: altnumidisch
Nearby inscriptions	CALE1_1 CALE1_2 CALE1_3 CALE1_4 CALE1_5 CALE1_7 CALE1_8 CALE1_9
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2: Fig. 3:
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 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 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