| LBI
Code |
BALO1_2 |
| Inscription
name |
BALOS 1_2 |
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| Site |
BALO1 |
| Country/Island |
Gran Canaria/Canary Islands |
| Position
(geogr.) |
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| Position
(UTM) |
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| Elevation |
200 |
| Direction |
300 |
| Inclination |
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| Technique |
pecked |
| Line
width |
5-10 |
| Line
depth |
1-3 |
| Context
on panel |
anthropomorph, linear-geometric |
| Context
on site |
Libyco-Berber inscriptions, anthropomorphs, crosses |
| Superimpositions |
no |
| Direction
of writing |
ver |
| Lines |
4 |
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| Type
of rock |
low rocky hill, wall of a barranco |
| Deposition |
basalt |
| Conformation
of rock |
natural cracks |
| Natural
defacement |
dark patina |
| Vandalism |
graffiti |
| Archaeological
context |
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| Special
conditions |
protected archaeological area |
| Further
comments |
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| Date
of discovery |
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| References |
Hernández Benitez 1945:9
CHEC 1992:47
Masellis 1995:5C
Springer 1996:415
-> Reference details |
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| Epigraphic
comment |
signs 3 and 4 of line 3 very uncertain |
| Transliteration |
1: MMN 2: GGN 3: WBRS2NYNZ2L 4: S3RS1W |
| Transcription |
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| Translation |
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| Comment |
CHEC 1992:47
"una columna de caracteres líbico-bereberes, formada por unas once letras. Los signos alfabetiformes están ejecutados sobre el círculo y son, por lo tanto, menos antiguos" |
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| Nearby
inscriptions |
BALO1_ BALO1_1 BALO1_3 BALO1_4 BALO1_5 BALO1_6 BALO1_7 BALO1_8 BALO1_9 BALO1_10 BALO1_11 BALO1_12 BALO1_13 BALO1_14 |
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| Pictures
and/or drawings |
Fig. 1: 
Fig. 2: 
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| Earlier
documentations |
Fig. 1: 
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| Reference
details |
ch: C.H.E.C. (1992): Los letreros des balos : nuevos descubrimientos e interpretaciones. La Provincia 15.11. 1992
hb: Hernandez Benitez, P. (1945): Inscripciones y grabados rupestres del Barranco de Balos. El Museo Canario XV, Las Palmas, 3-14
ma: Masellis, V. (1995): Balos – el misterio desvelado de la Atlántida y de la escritura aborigen Canaria. Las Palmas
sp: Springer, R. (1996): Las inscripciones alfabéticas líbico-bereberes del archipiélago Canario. Manifestaciones rupestres de las Islas Canarias, 393-413
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| Author
and copyright |
© by Werner Pichler 2007 |
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