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Scope

Outcropping rock art base of promontory terminus immediately adjacent to FJJ147B. Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Two elephants, oryx, two antelopes, feline, quadruped, indeterminate, cupmark, pecking, incised lines: On bottom left of panel is incised outline of elephant in motion facing left with phallus, large head with ear, eye, trunk, lip and upward curving tusks. Above is incised outline of antelope facing right with long neck, short upward horns and long feathered tail (Reedbuck?). Neck, chest and foreleg form dorsal line and hind leg of incised outline of quadruped facing right with eye and short pointed ears, possibly a feline. Numerous incised lines of indeterminate images, probably remnants of eroded animals. To the right is incised outline of antelope facing right with upward pointing horns and lines on hide, possibly a Korrigum antelope. Incised outline of possible quadruped above. Below right is incised outline of large elephant facing right with large ears, eye (possibly bi-ocular), long curved trunk with two lip-like extensions, thick legs, three with rounded feet and one with cow-like hoof. Pecking, gouging and incising on body, cupmark on hind leg. Incised lines from previous images can be seen between legs. To left is incised outline of possible oryx facing right with backward curving horn, foreleg superimposed by hind leg of elephant. Figure 6.13b

Biographical history

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