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Scope

Large boulder at base of escarpment at end of small promontory, at pass between escarpment and inselberg, possibly on route way. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Two giraffe, inscriptions, cupmarks, groove, pecking: In centre of panel is crudely pecked outline of giraffe facing right with pecking on body, wide pecked tail and pecking below image. Above left is area of pecking with at least two pecked cupmarks and an incised V-shaped groove. On left side of panel is incised outline of naturalistic head and upper neck of giraffe facing left with short upward horns or ears, incised lines across neck for stripes, rest of neck and body exfoliated (deliberately removed?). On right of panel are several pecked Libyan inscriptions.

Biographical history

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