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{{object
{{object
|name=Station 2, Totholzfelsen
|name=Totholzfelsen
|type_object=rock
|type_object=rock
|material=limestone
|material=stone
|condition=damaged
|condition=damaged
|date=(geological)
|date_derivation=natural science
|site=Achenkirch
|site=Achenkirch
|find_circumstances=by chance
|find_circumstances=by chance
|coordinate_n=47.55799
|sortdate_find=2010
|coordinate_e=11.79419
|date_find=summer 2010
|date_find=summer 2010
|location=in situ
|location=in situ
|source=Mandl 2011: 126–129, fig. 143
|checklevel=0
|checklevel=5
}}
}}
== Commentary ==
== Commentary ==
Large lintel block.<br>Near the rock a spring, comparable to [[index::AK-1 rock]]. The inscription-bearing rock face overhanging and relatively low; the place below this rock face is inapplicable as resting place due to the narrowness and the dampness. On the opposite side, however, protection from weather.<br>At several points scratchings. Badly preserved Raetic inscriptions on Bildstelle 1 (upper area left of the centre of the rock face, see {{bib|Mandl 2011}}: Abb. 143), dating to the [[index::chronological classification|La Tène period]]. It cannot be excluded that more inscriptions were written on the wall, e.g. between the three inscriptions recorded in the TIR, or on the darker part of the wall to the right of the centre. No inscriptions can be found on Bildstelle 2 (lower area on the very right of the rock face, cp. {{bib|Mandl 2011}}: Abb. 143). The area is filled with various scratchings, including two characters which were suspected to be Raetic by Mandl (cp. the caption of Abb. 145): A lozenge with a dot in the centre, reminiscent of Phi, followed by {{c||S2}} as it appears in both of the legible Raetic inscriptions on the rock. However, the two characters are written horizontally and are in suspiciously good condition; the dotted lozenge appears on its own elsewhere on the rock wall.<br>The find place is located in the Achensee region which is part of the Northern Limestone Alps. This mountain range is made of lighter and more porous rock at which the major component is limestone. Additionally dolomite, marl, sandstone or comparable components appear.  
Found and published by {{bib|Mandl 2011}}: 126–130. Examined by TIR in July 2014.
 
Image in {{bib|Mandl 2011}}: Abb. 143 (photo of the rock with marking of inscribed areas [Bildstellen]), 144 (Bildstelle 1), 145 (Bildstelle 2).
 
Referred to as "Station 2" by Mandl. The rock is a large limestone lintel block with inscriptions on multiple walls, including Raetic and younger ones on the low, overhanging north face. The south face provides some protection from wind and rain. The entire slope is marshy and wet; Mandl (p. 129) mentions a spring. All identifiable Raetic inscriptions are located in Mandl's Bildstelle 1 on the left side of the rock wall, but it cannot be excluded that more inscriptions were written on it, e.g., between the three inscriptions recorded in TIR, or on the darker part of the wall to the right of the centre. No inscriptions can be found on Bildstelle 2 on the very right of the rock face. The characters tentatively identified as letters by Mandl (caption of Abb. 145) are presumably the lozenge with a dot in the centre, reminiscent of phi (or, hypothetically, theta), followed by {{c||S2|d}} as it appears in both of the legible Raetic inscriptions on the rock (see photo above). However, the two characters are written horizontally and are in suspiciously good condition; the dotted lozenge appears on its own elsewhere on the rock wall.
 
The rock is situated in the Bayerische Alpen / Achensee region, a few kilometres west of the [[index::ST rock|Steinberg]] petrograph site. The first inscribed Achenkirch rock wall [[index::AK-1 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.
 
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 9 April 2020

Object
Proper name: Totholzfelsen
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:

Images

Commentary

Found and published by Mandl 2011: 126–130. Examined by TIR in July 2014.

Image in Mandl 2011: Abb. 143 (photo of the rock with marking of inscribed areas [Bildstellen]), 144 (Bildstelle 1), 145 (Bildstelle 2).

Referred to as "Station 2" by Mandl. The rock is a large limestone lintel block with inscriptions on multiple walls, including Raetic and younger ones on the low, overhanging north face. The south face provides some protection from wind and rain. The entire slope is marshy and wet; Mandl (p. 129) mentions a spring. All identifiable Raetic inscriptions are located in Mandl's Bildstelle 1 on the left side of the rock wall, but it cannot be excluded that more inscriptions were written on it, e.g., between the three inscriptions recorded in TIR, or on the darker part of the wall to the right of the centre. No inscriptions can be found on Bildstelle 2 on the very right of the rock face. The characters tentatively identified as letters by Mandl (caption of Abb. 145) are presumably the lozenge with a dot in the centre, reminiscent of phi (or, hypothetically, theta), followed by S2 d as it appears in both of the legible Raetic inscriptions on the rock (see photo above). However, the two characters are written horizontally and are in suspiciously good condition; the dotted lozenge appears on its own elsewhere on the rock wall.

The rock is situated in the Bayerische Alpen / Achensee region, a few kilometres west of the Steinberg petrograph site. The first inscribed Achenkirch rock wall AK-1 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.