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Scope

Outcropping rock forming upper edge of rock shelter overhang on low inselberg close to edge of escarpment in TEK embayment. Carvings on sloping surface along full length of overhang.

Arrangement

Gazelle, ostrich, quadruped, inscriptions, abstract, grooves, incised lines: On left of panel is incised Libyan inscription and vertical U-shaped groove. To the right are several U-shaped vertical grooves, an incised eroded outline of a quadruped facing left with a long neck and short forward pointing horns, probably a gazelle, incised lines possibly forming indeterminate images, two sets of three gouged cupules, possibly Libyan characters, and incised Libyan inscriptions. Further right, U-shaped grooves form Libyan character (W), within incised ovoid shape. On far right of panel is incised outline of ostrich facing right with long thin neck, two cupules below neck, and incised lozenge.

Biographical history

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