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INSCRIPTION DETAILS
LBI
Code |
CENT1_1 |
Inscription
name |
CENTINELA 1_1 |
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Site |
CENT1 |
Country/Island |
Tenerife/Canary Islands |
Position
(geogr.) |
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Position
(UTM) |
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Elevation |
400 |
Direction |
300 |
Inclination |
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Technique |
negraved |
Line
width |
1-1,5 |
Line
depth |
0,5-0,9 |
Context
on panel |
linear, geometric |
Context
on site |
pecked motifs |
Superimpositions |
younger geometric lines |
Direction
of writing |
ver |
Lines |
3 |
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Type
of rock |
cliff |
Deposition |
basalt |
Conformation
of rock |
natural cracks and holes |
Natural
defacement |
surface affected by erosion and lichens |
Vandalism |
no |
Archaeological
context |
pottery and lithic artefacts in the area |
Special
conditions |
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Further
comments |
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Date
of discovery |
decade of 1980 |
References |
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Epigraphic
comment |
Very difficult to decide which lines are belonging to the inscriptions and which not. The drawing is an attempt of subjective interpretation. |
Transliteration |
1: FNRNTS1 2: S2FS1 3: GZ2YZ1LT |
Transcription |
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Translation |
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Comment |
Balbin/Tejera 1989:301
"tres corts inscripciones, dos verticales y una oblÃcua, con un número máximo de cinco signos y mÃnimo de tres, y probable lectura vertical".
Valencia/Oropesa 1995:58
"grabados de carácter epigráfico lÃbico-bereber".
Valencia 2006:28
"exceptional son los alfabetiformes incisos en Cabuquero". |
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Nearby
inscriptions |
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Pictures
and/or drawings |
Fig. 1: 
Fig. 2: 
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Earlier
documentations |
Not available
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Reference
details |
bt: Balbin Behrmann, R.; Tejera Gaspar, A. (1989): Arte rupestre en Tenerife. XIX Congreso Nacional de ArqueologÃa, Vol. 2, Zaragoza, 297-309
va: Valencia Afonso, V. (2006) : Investigaciones arqueológicas y manifestaciones rupestres en San Miguel de Abona (Tenerife). San Miguel de Abona.
vo: Valencia Afonso, V. ; Oropesa T. (1995): Grabados rupestres de Canarias.
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Author
and copyright |
© by Jose Farrujia, Sergio GarcÃa and Werner Pichler 2007 |
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