Scope

Large prominent pale boulder on slope of inselberg. Possibly a foggara header stone (numerous foggara heads nearby, especially on N side of inselberg). Carvings on lower portion of sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Inscriptions, cupmarks, grooves, incised lines: Carvings are concentrated into lower half of panel surface. Towards one edge are two deep circular cupmarks connected by several interlinked U-shaped grooves, some following natural fissures. One cupmark sits on a higher portion of the panel, the other is below it in a natural hollow in which there are other small circular depressions, possibly natural, and an incised Libyan inscription. On the main carved panel area are two long U-shaped wavy grooves running the length of the panel. Between these two grooves are several shorter perpendicular grooves, with short incised lines extending from them. There are several other U-shaped grooves, and short grooves with a series of oblique lines extending from them to form palm frond motifs. Two incised Libyan inscriptions.

Biographical history

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