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Scope

Cluster of boulders around the base of the escarpment promontory immediately below GRA100A and GRA169-171. Some of carvings are truncated and upside down, suggesting the panels have fallen from the lower cliff since the carvings were made. Other, more recent carvings, have been made on the panels in situ. GRA173A carvings on near vertical surface.

Arrangement

Human, camel : Incised outline of camel facing left in motion. Rounded hump, raised tail, short upward pointing ears, fringes along side of body, saddle behind neck. To right, behind camel, is eroded human figure with circular head. Arms bent and raised to head height, right hand arm holding stick or spear, other hand holding short linear object. Other eroded lines in front of and below camel may be remnants of other figures.

Biographical history

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