Scope

On broken outcropping rock at the base of the lower cliff of promontory terminus, close to small rock shelter. Carvings on sloping surface.

Arrangement

Two cows, four giraffes, two bovids, two quadrupeds, graffiti: Several animals in different styles. On far left of panel is pecked outline of giraffe facing right with long neck, raised tail, some pecking on hide, repecking on outline. Below right is pecked outline of cow facing right with backward then upward curving horn, possible saddle on back. To the right of this is eroded pecked outline of probable giraffe with long legs, neck and head indistinct. To the right of this are deeply incised and eroded outlines of two giraffe back to back. Right facing giraffe has incised lines depicting mane, head indistinct. Left facing, smaller giraffe has small head with two possible horns or ears. Below right is deeply incised outline of bovid facing right with straight upward pointing horns, long tail, vertical lines across body, possibly a cow. Other lines form indeterminate shapes. Above is pecked outline of bovid facing right up the panel, with large forward curving horn. Above this on upper right of panel is group of images comprising pecked outlines of two quadrupeds facing right, the upper one with long neck and striped hide. Pecking above. To the right is pecked outline of a bovid facing left with backward curving horns, peck marks on hide, line extending downwards from mouth. To the right is pecked indeterminate image. Large white painted letters in Asiatic(?) and Roman script run across length of panel.

Biographical history

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