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LBI Code	AGUA1_2
Inscription name	AGUA 1_2
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	AGUA1
Country/Island	El Hierro/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	1080
Direction	60
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	8-40
Line depth
Context on panel	circles
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscription, circles
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	1
Type of rock	cliff, left wall of lava tunnel
Deposition	lava
Conformation of rock	very fragile surface
Natural defacement	difficult differentiation between natural and artificial demoliton of the surface
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context	artefacts inside the cave, tagoror and settlement nearby
Special conditions	private property, fenced-in goat pasture
Further comments
Date of discovery	Acosta 1980
References	Balbín/Tejera 1983:108 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: ]TMBN
Transcription
Translation
Comment	Balbín/Tejera 1983: 109     sector 2: I/USDT, KS
Nearby inscriptions	AGUA1_1
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	bt: Balbín Behrmann, R.de. ; Tejera Gaspar, A. (1983): Los grabados de la Cueva del Agua. El Hierro, Islas Canarias. Zephyrous XXXVI, Salamanca, 105-112 -> More LBI-References
Author and copyright	© by Werner Pichler 2007
Terminology & Specifications