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Scope

Slab on lower slope of promontory terminus at mouth of Maknusa Pass. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Human, two rhinoceros, abstract: Incised outline of anthropomorph with rectangular body, sub-rectangular head (mask?), arms bent and outstretched to each side, legs open but badly exfoliated and truncated at thigh. Arm on right holds very finely incised crescent shaped object, possibly a bow with arrow pointing right. To the right are incised outlines of two (black?) rhinoceros facing left towards the anthropomorph, positioned one above the other. Both have small upright ears, upward curved tail, rounded legs and feet, large head ending in pointed horn. Incised abstract shape below horn of lower animal. Figure 7.26 Mattingly et al (2003, 2007: 192)

Biographical history

Deposited with the Society for Libyan Studies Online Archive by Tertia Barnett in 2019

Related materials

Mattingly et al (2003, 2007: 192