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LBI Code	CALE3_5
Inscription name	CALETA 3_5
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	CALE3
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	4
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	5
Type of rock	boulder
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock
Natural defacement
Vandalism	transported by excavator
Archaeological context
Special conditions	part of a swimming area and coastal promenade
Further comments
Date of discovery	Padron 1881
References	Grau-Bassas 1881a: 334/8 Grau-Bassas 1881a: 333/6 O'shea 1898:21 Campbell 1900:XXIII Bethencourt 1912:L Nowak 1985:85 Nowak 1986:74 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration
Transcription
Translation
Comment
Nearby inscriptions	CALE3_1 CALE3_2 CALE3_3 CALE3_4
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1:
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 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 os: O'Shea, H. (1898): Inscriptions de l'Ile de Hierro (Canaries). Bulletin Mensuel de Biarritz-Association, No. 12 -> More LBI-References
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Terminology & Specifications