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Scope

Outcropping rock forming part of lower cliff above boulder cluster on small promontory terminus at mouth of tributary and confluence of watercourses. Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Elephant, three giraffes, indeterminate: In centre of panel is incised outline of large elephant facing left with eye, small ear, thin trunk with lips, perspective on legs, rounded feet. Above are finely incised outlines of two giraffes in motion (galloping) facing right, with short upright horns or ears, pecking on hides, fine lines on neck depicting manes. To the right of the elephant is finely incised outline of giraffe in motion (galloping) facing left, long neck, head indistinct. to the right are numerous finely incised lines forming indeterminate shapes, including a possible human figure with one arm bent across body, other holding possible linear object. Figure 6.5d

Biographical history

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