UG-1.1
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| Transliteration: | kusen |
| Original script: |     
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| Object: | UG-1 rock (stone) (Inscriptions: UG-1.1, UG-1.2, UG-1.3, UG-1.4) |
| Position: | right area"right area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property., lower area"lower area" is not in the list (front, back, top, bottom, inside, outside, neck, shoulder, foot, handle, ...) of allowed values for the "position" property. |
| Orientation: | 90° |
| Frame: | ?  (unknown, top and bottom, straight)
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| Script: | North Italic script |
| Direction of writing: | dextroverse |
| Letter height: | 77 cm <br /> – 11 cm |
| Number of letters: | 5 |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
| Craftsmanship: | engraved |
| Current condition: | damaged |
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| Language: | Raetic |
| Meaning: | unknown |
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| Alternative sigla: | none |
Images
 Inscription UG-1.1.
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Commentary
First published in Mandl 2011: 124 f. Autopsied by TIR in July 2014.
Picture in Mandl 2011: Abb. 135 (photo). Photos of the entire rock wall in Mandl 2011: Abb. 67 and 99.
Length about 24 cm, running vertically towards the top at about 60 cm from the bottom slightly to the right of the centre of the rock wall. Framed by a cartouche, the lower and left-hand side lines being considerably deeper than the others – this may be due to channeling by water running down the rock wall; it cannot be excluded that the notch before is a natural crack. No traces of characters can be detected beyond it.
The five letters inside the cartouche are unambiguously legible despite erosion. The frame line after has been retraced in more recent times and prolonged on the left side into the horizontal bar of a cross (the thin, sharp younger scratch stands out clearly from the broad, eroded older line). Beyond this line, it is hard to determine how far the frame lines extend towards the top: The right one goes on for at least 12 cm, the left one seems to end in a deep crevice 8 cm above it. Both may, however, be extending considerably farther, if, for example, the vertical bar of the cross right beneath the rock spur halfway up the wall is part of the left frame line. There appear to have been letters inscribed after the retraced frame line, traces of which can still be seen, but no secure reading can be offered (possibly 
sit[ ?). An interpretation of the frame line itself as a letter is unlikely, as it merges quite clearly with the other frame lines. No other instances of a frame line used for separation purposes text-internally are known from Raetic rock inscriptions; it is therefore preferable to assume that the doubtful letters after the frame line were added at a later date (cp. ST-6).
Bibliography
| Mandl 2011 | Franz Mandl, Felsbilder. Österreich – Bayern: Nördliche Kalkalpen [= Anisa – Verein für alpine Forschung 4], Haus im Ennstal: 2011. |
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