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Scope

Cliff face panel immediately below LGR105E. Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Cow, four giraffes, antelope, two gazelle, ostrich, two quadrupeds, indeterminate, grooves, pecking: On far left side of panel is incised outline of a giraffe left with long neck, U-shaped belly, two legs depicted tapering to points, pecking on hide, some later. Head with small horns or ears obscured by adjacent panel, LGR105E, suggesting that the panel has shifted since the engravings were made. To the right is incised outline of an ostrich facing right with long neck and legs. Above are incised outlines of two quadrupeds facing right with long necks. Smaller animal is probably a giraffe, although head is indistinct. Larger animal has upward then forward curving horns, probably a gazelle (gerenuk?). Superimposed over ostrich, gazelle and giraffe is pecked outline of a cow facing left with upward and inward curving horns, gouged cupmark for eye. To right of cow is pecked and incised outline of quadruped facing left with long neck, head and dorsal line eroded. Incised groove to the left. To the right of the ostrich is incised outline of quadruped facing right with possible upward pointing horns, and incised lines forming indeterminate shape, possibly a partial animal. Further to the right is incised outline of quadruped facing left with small ears, forward curving horns and smoothed body, possibly a cow, and incised outline of giraffe facing right with long neck, small horns or ears, pecking on hide and around image. At bottom of panel is incised outline of a gazelle facing left with long thin neck and upward then forward curving horns (gerenuk?). Pecking on hide. At top right of panel is incised outline of quadruped facing left with short upward pointing horns, possibly an antelope (Oribi?). Left of this are several incised grooves.

Biographical history

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