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Scope

Outcropping rock forming part of lower cliff on end of small promontory close to modern settlement. Carvings on near vertical surface. Areas of the panel surface have exfoliated, possibly destroying carvings.

Arrangement

Four giraffe, indeterminate, inscription: On left of panel is incised head and neck of giraffe facing left, body exfoliated or unfinished. To the right is incised outlined of giraffe facing left, feet together, head indistinct. Right of this is incised outline of giraffe facing left, head indistinct. Above is short incised Libyan inscription. Further to the right is incised outline of giraffe facing left with eye, lower legs exfoliated, vertical lines on neck and above possibly from superimposed, eroded image of animal (giraffe?). To the right of this are several incised lines, possibly remnants of exfoliated image, and short incised Libyan inscription.

Biographical history

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