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Scope

Large, obvious triangular boulder near base of escarpment. Carvings on two faces. GSC121A carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Bull, cow, oryx, quadruped: Pecked outline of large bull with phallus, pronounced cervico-thoracic hump and un-naturally long upward and forward curving horn. Clearly defined features including eye, ear, muzzle, jaw, and musculature. Feet not depicted. Horn possibly decorated, with banding at base and circular features at end. Images appears to emerge from the base of the boulder and is aligned along its edge. Above, in centre of panel, are pecked and smoothed outlines of three animals facing right. The right-hand image is a cow with pronounced cervico-thoracic hump, ear and forward curving horn. Band around neck, lines and pecking on body (hide markings?). Pecked lines and indeterminate shapes below and around head appear to be later additions. Left of the cow is antelope with rounded cervico-thoracic hump and backward pointing and curving horns, possibly an oryx. Above is quadruped with short upward pointing horns.

Biographical history

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