Runestone of Canafexal 500 BCE

Estela de Canafexal from Almodovar; 58x54 cm. Now at Museum of Writing of the Southwest, Almodovar, Portugal.Photo by Angel M. Felicisimo at:https://www.flickr.com/photos/elgolem/51988091298/in/album-72157715068387073/

Runestone of Canafexal From Almodavar, Portugal.

(August 30, 2023, updated March 19, 2025) Almodovar is in the district of Beja.

This text is a small debate about which power class is causing a drought. Upside down texts generally indicate a theme opposite that of the one prior.

The text reads:

.... Emanations for life-manifestations are being undermined.
... control. The same are nesting rainstorms. Reveal [word].
(Upside down) The undermining ....

Translation of Text in Akkadian (Med Text 38)

(read right to left. Capital letters on object. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verbs in italic bold. Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words)
Chart Used: Aegean Lineage, Letter style is Iberian

.... Zu Du MiQu
... ARu. Šu Ba'u MuRu Nu ...
MiQu ..... (upside down and so written in opposite direction from the top lines)

In English

.... Emanations for life-manifestations are being undermined.
... control. The same are nesting rainstorms. Reveal [word].
(Upside down) The undermining ....

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