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Scope

Triangular boulder in group of densely packed shaft tombs in wadi floor (UAT006). Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Cow: Pecked incomplete outline of quadruped facing right with upward curving horns, and slight cervico-thoracic hump, probably a cow. Belly and hind quarters missing or indistinct. Natural fissure forms part of dorsal line and another fissure suggest hind leg. Some of lines re-pecked or extended at later date.Quarry marks on northern side of same boulder [MISC3.

Biographical history

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