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Scope

Slab at base of escarpment on end of small promontory at mouth of watercourse. Carvings on sloping surface.

Arrangement

Two antelopes (Korrigum, oryx?), bovid, indeterminate: On bottom right of panel is incised outline of bovid facing right with short upward pointing horns. To the left is incised outline of larger antelope facing right with pronounced cervico-thoracic hump, ears and two pairs of horns, one upward curving pair and one backward curving pair (Korrigum?). Pecked lines and shape on body added later. Long incised line extending vertically below belly (phallus?). Above is incised outline of antelope facing right with cervico-thoracic hump, ears and backward curving horns (oryx?). Parallel incised lines between legs, with vertical line extending downwards from them. Incised lines of indeterminate shape above.

Biographical history

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