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Scope

Boulder on scree below upper cliff on end of small promontory. Possibly detached from original location (edges of boulder have red patina while carved surface has black patina). Panel in two fragments. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Two elephants, two quadrupeds, pecking: Pecked and ground outline of an elephant facing left with two upright ears, possible eye and mouth. One front leg and two back legs depicted. Above is pecked outline of smaller elephant facing left with short trunk and two round upright ears. One front leg and two back legs depicted. Pecking around both images, particularly below larger animal. Recent pecking and removal of small areas of rock on panel surface and edge. Corner of boulder broken forming roughly triangular fragment with pecked outlines of two quadrupeds facing right. Lower quadruped appears to have backward pointing horns that utilise natural topography of rock surface. Upper quadruped very eroded.

Biographical history

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