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LBI Code	DESH1_1
Inscription name	DESHARRAPADA 1_1
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	DESH1
Country/Island	Gran Canaria/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	370
Direction	140
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	8-12
Line depth	1
Context on panel	anthropomorphs, scratched "sunbeams"
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscription
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	1
Type of rock	cliff
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock	natural cracks
Natural defacement	light patina
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context
Special conditions
Further comments
Date of discovery
References	CHEC 1986:22/Fig.1 CHEC 1992:49/Fig.5 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: MNRWS2
Transcription
Translation
Comment	CHEC 1986: "una columna vertical de cinco letras" Miranda 1995:2     " Las representaciones alfabéticas se componen de cinco grafías correspondientes a la escritura líbico-bereber, dispuestas en sentido vertical y que de abajo hacia arriba. Se repiten en tres lugares"
Nearby inscriptions
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	ch: C.H.E.C. (1986): Nueva aportacion al inventario de yacimientos. La Provincia 17.8.1986 mn: Miranda Valerón, J.; Naranjo Rodriguez, R. (1995): Manifestaciones rupestres de la Desharrapada/Agüimes. Aguayro 214 -> More LBI-References
Author and copyright	© by Werner Pichler 2007
Terminology & Specifications