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LBI Code	CAND1_6
Inscription name	CANDIA 1_6
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	CAND1
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	100
Direction	120
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	10-12
Line depth	1
Context on panel	no
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscriptions, meander
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	1
Type of rock	cliff near a cave
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock	natural cracks
Natural defacement	light patina
Vandalism	recently scratched
Archaeological context
Special conditions	part of a Parque Cultural (planned since 2000)
Further comments
Date of discovery	Nowak 1983
References	Nowak 1985:86 Nowak 1986:80 Springer/Jimenez 1996:269 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: TWYNT
Transcription
Translation
Comment
Nearby inscriptions	CAND1_1 CAND1_2 CAND1_3 CAND1_4 CAND1_5 CAND1_7 CAND1_8 CAND1_9 CAND1_10
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	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 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