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Scope

Broken slab in two sections, now 0.5m apart, on slope of escarpment on small promontory extension. One of sections is also fragmented. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Four cows, giraffe, quadruped, abstract, indeterminate, incised lines: On unfragmented section of panel is incised outline of cow facing right, horns possibly formed by natural feature, eyes?, saddle, legs broken off, incised line across neck and line leading from neck to incised rhomboid. Above are several incised abstract rectilinear shapes. Fragmented section of the panel has partly exfoliated surface. Remaining images include incised outline of a cow facing right with possible upward curving horns and saddle. Below is incised outline of a cow facing right with faint backward curving horns and saddle, incised lines above and right. To the right is incised outline of giraffe facing right with long neck, head broken off, series of long lines radiating from neck, incised lines forming indeterminate shape to left. To the right is incised outline of quadruped facing right with rounded horns or ears, saddle, incised lines above head. Below is incised fragmented outline of cow facing right with forward curving horn, polished area depicting saddle?

Biographical history

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