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LBI Code	BTEJ4_1
Inscription name	B TEJELEITA 4_1
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	BTEJ4
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	218
Direction	210
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width
Line depth
Context on panel	no
Context on site	no
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	2
Type of rock	cliff
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock
Natural defacement	dark patina
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context
Special conditions	high up on a cliif, no access possible
Further comments
Date of discovery
References	Grau-Bassas 1881:265/17 Campbell 1900:XXVII Bethencourt 191:LIV Delgado 1964:414/Fig.78b Nowak 1982:4 Nowak 1985:87 Nowak 1986:79 Springer 1987:127 Hernández 1987:71 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: .WRYNT 2: WRYNS4
Transcription
Translation
Comment
Nearby inscriptions
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
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 hb: Hernandez Bautista, R. (1987): Los caracteres alfabeticos libicos bereberes del archipielago Canario. Primer Congreso Hispano-Africano de las Culturas Mediterraneas. 59-78 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 no: Nowak, H.(1982): Die Inschriften der Insel Hierro. IC-Nachrichten 40/1982, Hallein, 3-5 sp: Springer, R. (1987): Las islas Canarias y sus inscripciones alfabeticas. AWAL, Paris, 115-130 -> More LBI-References
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Terminology & Specifications