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LBI Code	BALO1_1
Inscription name	BALOS 1_1
	Terminology & Specifications
Site	BALO1
Country/Island	Gran Canaria/Canary Islands
Position (geogr.)
Position (UTM)
Elevation	200
Direction	110
Inclination
Technique	pecked
Line width	3-8
Line depth	1
Context on panel	younger scratches
Context on site	Libyco-Berber inscriptions, anthropomorphs, crosses
Superimpositions	no
Direction of writing	ver
Lines	3?
Type of rock	low rocky hill, wall of a barranco
Deposition	basalt
Conformation of rock	deep cracks and natural splintering
Natural defacement	light patina
Vandalism	no
Archaeological context
Special conditions	protected archaeological area
Further comments
Date of discovery
References	Vernau 1882:284 Campbell 1904:II Bethencourt 1912:II Rössler 1941:289 Hernández Benitez 1945:13 Jimenez 1962a:16/b Beltran 1971:Fig.7/IV.1 Guzman 1984:a,b Hernández Bautista 1987:75 -> Reference details
Epigraphic comment
Transliteration	1: *RR* 2: NWWDN3: .GZ1WRS2
Transcription
Translation
Comment	Campbell 1904: ge ma ma si o u tsi ta ta ya ba go ma ta ya so Age Mama zio utsite Taya ba Goma Taya so Indicates Mama to him to leave Taya if Goma Taya regard
Nearby inscriptions	BALO1_ BALO1_2 BALO1_3 BALO1_4 BALO1_5 BALO1_6 BALO1_7 BALO1_8 BALO1_9 BALO1_10 BALO1_11 BALO1_12 BALO1_13 BALO1_14
Pictures and/or drawings
Fig. 1: Fig. 2:
Earlier documentations
Fig. 1:
Reference details	bm: Beltrán Martínez, A. (1971): Los grabados del Barranco de Balos/Gran Canaria. Zaragoza ba: Bethencourt Alfonso, J. (1912/1991): Historia del Pueblo Guanche. Tomo 1. La Laguna ca: Campbell, J. (1904): Critical examination of spanish documents relative to the Canary Islands, submitted to the writer by Senor Don Juan Bethencourt Alfonso, of Tenerife. Transactions of the Canadian Institute, volume VII, Toronto gu: Guzman, M. de (1984): Las culturas prehistoricas de Gran Canaria. Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, 822 p. hb: Hernandez Bautista, R. (1987): Los caracteres alfabeticos libicos bereberes del archipielago Canario. Primer Congreso Hispano-Africano de las Culturas Mediterraneas. 59-78 hb: Hernandez Benitez, P. (1945): Inscripciones y grabados rupestres del Barranco de Balos. El Museo Canario XV, Las Palmas, 3-14 js: Jimenez Sanchez, S. (1962): Nuevas aportaciones al mejor conocimiento de las inscripciones y de los grabaods rupestres del Barranco de Balos, en la isla de Gran Canaria. Anuario de Estudios Atlanticos. No. 8, 87-125 rö: Rössler, O. (1941): Libica. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. Wien. 282-311 ve: Verneau, R. (1882): Les inscriptions lapidaires de l'archipel Canarien. Revue d'ethnographie, 273-287 -> More LBI-References
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Terminology & Specifications