AK-1 rock

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Object
Proper name:	Mandlfelsen
Classification:	rock
Material:	stone
Condition:	damaged
Site:	Achenkirch (Tirol, Austria)
Coordinates (approx.):	47° 31' 37.20" N, 11° 42' 25.20" E [from site]
Find date:	summer 2010
Find circumstances:	by chance
Current location:	in situ
Inscriptions:	AK-1.1 (?]ṇualeri?ienalṣẹ) AK-1.2 (?]nuale) AK-1.3 (?) AK-1.4 (]reis) AK-1.5 ()keu) AK-1.6 (]ṣịeṣ[???]ụale) AK-1.7 (??]ṇụaḷe) AK-1.8 (?) AK-1.9 (ạ?) AK-1.10 (ḳẹṣạ?????ẹ) AK-1.11 (????]ẹ?ḳer·(a)ṇu·aḷekas?) AK-1.12 (?) AK-1.13 (]?ẹ?[ ]ṇ[) AK-1.14 (?) AK-1.15 (?) AK-1.16 (?) AK-1.17 (es?esχarṭa) AK-1.18 (?) AK-1.19 (]???(?)nuale) AK-1.20 (?) AK-1.21 (]nu[ạ)

Images

AK-1 rock western wall.	AK-1 rock structure from motion image.	Object AK-1 rock - picture area 1 with inscriptions AK-1.1, AK-1.2 and AK-1.3.	Object AK-1 rock - picture area 2 with inscriptions AK-1.4 and AK-1.5.	Object AK-1 rock - picture area 3 with inscriptions AK-1.21, AK-1.6, AK-1.7 and AK-1.8.
Object AK-1 rock - picture area 4 with inscriptions AK-1.9, AK-1.10, AK-1.11, AK-1.12, AK-1.13 and AK-1.14.	Object AK-1 rock - picture area 5 with inscriptions AK-1.15, AK-1.16, AK-1.17, AK-1.18, AK-1.19 and AK-1.20.	AK-1 rock structure from motion image with marking of Bildstellen 1–5 (left to right) and tracing of inscriptions.	Tracing of inscriptions on AK-1 rock.

Commentary

Found and published by Mandl 2011: 126–129. Examined by TIR in July 2014.

Image in Mandl 2011: Abb. 136 (photo of the rock wall with marking of inscribed areas [Bildstellen]), 137 (Bildstelle 2), 138 (Bildstelle1), 139 (Bildstelle 3), 141 (Bildstelle 4), 142 (Bildstelle 5).

Referred to as "Station 1" by Mandl. The rock is a large limestone lintel block with inscriptions on the overhanging north-west face (Raetic and younger) and the less inclined north-east face (none Raetic). The north-west face provides some protection from wind and rain. The entire slope is marshy and wet; Mandl (p. 127) mentions a spring on the south side of the block.

Bildstelle 1: AK-1.1–AK-1.3
Bildstelle 2: AK-1.4–AK-1.5
Bildstelle 3: AK-1.21, AK-1.6–AK-1.8
(Between areas 3 and 4, an area partly covered in moss, potentially containing up to four illegible inscriptions, if inscribed continuously with only frame lines separating them.)
Bildstelle 4: AK-1.9–AK-1.14
Bildstelle 5: AK-1.15–AK-1.20

The rock is situated in the Bayerische Alpen / Achensee region, a few kilometres west of the Steinberg petrograph site. The second inscribed Achenkirch rock wall AK-2 rock is about 200 m distant. Coordinates are not provided by request of the Department for Prehistory in Innsbruck to prevent damage to the inscriptions.

Bibliography

Mandl 2011	Franz Mandl, Felsbilder. Österreich – Bayern: Nördliche Kalkalpen [= Anisa – Verein für alpine Forschung 4], Haus im Ennstal: 2011.