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LBI Code	CALE3_1
Inscription name	CALETA 3_1
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	CALE3
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	6
Direction
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width
Line depth
Context on panel	no
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscriptions
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	3
Type of rock	cliff
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock
Natural defacement
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context
Special conditions	part of a swimming area and coastal promenade
Further comments
Date of discovery	Padron 1881
References	Grau-Bassas 1881: 297/1 Campbell 1900:XX Campbell 1904:XX Bethencourt 1912:XLVII Nowak 1985:81 Nowak 1986:75 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1, 2, 3: NZ1MRYN
Transcription
Translation
Comment	Militarev 1988:208     "in Ahaggar language: ennen emir yen = read sometimes"
Nearby inscriptions	CALE3_2 CALE3_3 CALE3_4 CALE3_5
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 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 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 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