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Scope

Large isolated boulder in stream gully at base of escarpment flank, close to modern road. Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Bull, three cows, pecking: Pecked outlines of four cattle facing right in different styles. Bottom right is probable bull with phallus, raised tail and forward curving horns. Pecking on hide. To the left is cow with upward pointing horns, pecked shape and gouged hollow to right. Above is larger cow with cervico-thoracic hump, upward curving horns and pecked lines decorating hide. Head and rectangular area on body are totally pecked, legs are short and pecked, possibly added later. Pecking above and below head. Above is front half of cow with forward curving horn. Hind quarters indistinct, possibly unfinished.

Biographical history

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