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Scope

Slab adjacent to FJJ330B. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Giraffe, indeterminate, abstract, grooves, pecking, polishing, incised lines: Incised outline of a giraffe facing left with long neck and legs, elongated upward horns or ears, long raise tail, lines and pecking on hide. Above and below are incised lines forming indeterminate shapes, including possibly at least one partial animal. To the right is pecked abstract image with later re-pecking. Several U-shaped grooves, some cutting through neck of giraffe. Extensive polishing with striations over image and most of panel surface. Bou Baker in Pauphillet (1953)

Biographical history

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

Related materials

Bou Baker in Pauphillet (1953