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Scope

Outcropping rock forming part of upper cliff close to tip of main promontory. Difficult to access, above steep drop. Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Elephant, rhinoceros, oryx, pecked lines: Pecked outline of elephant facing right in motion. Rounded feet and head, bi-ocular, trunk thicker at terminus, two parallel lines added at later date to extend trunk upwards. Above is pecked outline of rhinoceros facing right with short legs and rounded feet, elongated body, long horn on snout, two short horns or ears. Below on right edge of panel is pecked outline of gazelle facing right with cervico-thoracic hump and long backward curving horns, probably an oryx. Neck, head and forelegs have broken off panel. Pecked lines.

Biographical history

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