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Scope

Rock shelter in lower cliff on end of promontory, 3m NW of GRA100A . Carvings on horizontal roof of shelter.

Arrangement

Four giraffes, two cows, feline, animal, incised lines: Two groups of carvings. On one part of roof is cluster of interwoven and superimposed animals and lines comprising incised outlines of three giraffe facing right, one giraffe facing left, and two cows facing right with forward curving horns. Several incised lines may be forming part of indistinct animals. Multiple short incised lines or notches in parallel along the edge of the panel. On adjacent part of roof are incised outlines of a feline facing left with short upward pointing ears and long curved tail kissing a smaller animal facing right with short pointed ear, possibly a feline.

Biographical history

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