Scope

Larger slab on lower slope of promontory terminus in mouth of Maknusa Pass. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Giraffe, feline, abstract, incised lines, polishing: Incised outline of naturalistic giraffe facing right. Reticulated hide markings, cervico-thoracic hump, phallus, fringed tail, upright ears and horns. Later re-working includes addition of two small eyes (bi-ocular), change in head shape, smoothing of head, upper legs and middle of body, with further polishing above dorsal line. Pecked and feathered line extending from rump is possible additional tail. Legs extended at later date, with pecked lower legs and round feet added below natual break in rock surface. To the right is incised and pecked outline of a feline, facing right up the panel, with two small ears, round head, long tail, eroded forelegs within natural fissure. Incised lines extend from head and below image, possibly part of earlier animal. Pecked abstract rectilinear image superimposed over forelegs of giraffe. Eperon C in Pauphillet (1953); Mattingly et al (2003, 2007: 192)

Biographical history

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

Related materials

Eperon C in Pauphillet (1953; Mattingly et al (2003, 2007: 192