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Scope

Large slab resting on edge of raised river terrace in floor of watercourse some distance upstream, possibly beside old river crossing point or track way. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Two humans (riders), three horses, bovid, quadruped, indeterminate, inscriptions, abstract, pecking: On raised corner of panel are is pecked horse with rider facing left, rider has outstretched arms, one holding reins. To the right is pecked quadruped with indistinct head and, above, an upside down quadruped with long neck, probably a horse with saddle. Right of the rider are several pecked Libyan characters. On the lower section of boulder is a jumble of carvings including a bovid facing right with backward curving horns, and a horse with rider holding reins in one hand. Numerous pecked lines forming indeterminate shapes, possible pecked Libyan characters, and surface pecking. Incised X shape.

Biographical history

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