Scope

Boulder on summit of inselberg. Surface with Manganese rich patina partly exfoliated. Carvings on upper surface.

Arrangement

Gerenuk, gazelle, two quadrupeds, ostrich, indeterminate, cupmarks, grooves, incised lines: Two pecked and incised shapes with internal incised parallel lines, several U-shaped grooves, and two small cupmarks. These have Mn-rich patina and are superimposed by several pecked images. On one corner of the panel is pecked outline of ostrich facing left with long neck and legs, feet depicted, rounded body and raised tail. Below right is pecked outline of gazelle facing left with long neck, backward then upward curving horns, probably a gerenuk. Below right is pecked outline of quadruped facing left with backward pointing horn, possibly a gazelle. To the right are pecked lines forming indeterminate shapes, and two pecked quadrupeds.

Biographical history

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