« Browse collections

Scope

Boulder in stream bed at base of lower cliff immediately adjacent to GSC116B. Part of panel may be missing. Carvings on near vertical surface.

Arrangement

Giraffe, elephant, pecking: On lower section of panel is pecked and incised outline of giraffe facing right with short horns or ears and parallel lines on neck (mane?), mouth open, tail raised. Neck and upper body area pecked out and polished. Partial outline of a second giraffe, with neck and head bent downwards, superimposed over first giraffe. Surface pecking around image. Above is pecked and incised outline of elephant facing left with trunk, eye, phallus, and large, rounded tusks. Head, trunk and upper back have been completely pecked out and polished. Pecking around image.

Biographical history

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