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LBI Code	CAND1_4
Inscription name	CANDIA 1_4
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	CAND1
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	96
Direction	120
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	3-10
Line depth	1
Context on panel	no
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscriptions
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	2
Type of rock	cliff above entrance of a cave
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock	natural cracks and splintering
Natural defacement	dark patina
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context
Special conditions	part of a Parque Cultural (planned since 2000)
Further comments
Date of discovery	Padron 1874
References	Padron 1874:Fig.22 Berthelot 1879:Gra.18/Fig.1,2 Nowak 1985:86 Nowak 1986:80 Springer/Jimenez 1996:269 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: YZ2.MS2 Y 2: NS2BS2
Transcription
Translation
Comment	Springer/Jimenez 1996:271     "2 líneas, 10 recurrencias"
Nearby inscriptions	CAND1_1 CAND1_2 CAND1_3 CAND1_5 CAND1_6 CAND1_7 CAND1_8 CAND1_9 CAND1_10
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	be: Berthelot, S. (1879/1980): Antigüedades Canarias. Sta. Cruz de Tenerife 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 pa: Padron, A. (1874): Relación de unos letreros antiguos encontrados en la Isla del Hierro. Las Palmas sj: Springer Bunk, R.; Jiménez Gómez, M. de la C. (1996): La estación rupestre de La Candia, El Hierro (Islas Canarias). Complutum Extra 6(I), 263-277 -> More LBI-References
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Terminology & Specifications