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LBI Code	TAJO1_2
Inscription name	TAJODEQUE 1_2
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	TAJO1
Country/Island	La Palma/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	1820
Direction	90
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width
Line depth
Context on panel	no
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscriptions, geometric
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	2
Type of rock	wall of a cave
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock
Natural defacement
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context	pottery (phase IV), in the surrouding III and II
Special conditions	part of the "Parque Nacional de La Caldera de Taburiente"
Further comments	very difficult approach
Date of discovery	1922 Jiménez de Cisneros
References	Pais 1987:208 Mederos et al. 2003:278 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: GGZ1M 2: YYS1 G
Transcription
Translation
Comment	Pais 1987:189 "…grabados alfabetiformes, compuesto posiblemente por dos líneas verticales".
Nearby inscriptions	TAJO1_1 TAJO1_3
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	mm: Mederos Martín, A. et al. (2003): Arte rupestre de la prehistoria de las Islas Canarias. Estudios prehispánicos 13. Dirección General de Patrimonio Histórico. 349 p. pp: Pais Pais, F.J.; Acosta Felipe, D. (1987): Inventario arqueológico del Parque y Preparque de la Caldera de Taburiente, isla de La Palma (Primera Fase). Tabona VI, 185-209 -> More LBI-References
Author and copyright	© by Jorge Pais 2007
Terminology & Specifications