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Scope

Large boulder at base of long promontory near its terminus. Burial cairn built against down slope side. Carvings on vertical surface facing upslope.

Arrangement

Elephant, cow, lion, abstract, indeterminate: Pecked and partly incised outline of elephant in motion facing left with phallus, trunk and tusks. Pecked eye, with second eye added later changing the perspective, ear entirely pecked, pecked lines across trunk, pecked lines below head possibly representing second trunk. Pecked abstract curvilinear shape on rump, pecked oval shape above rump, pecked lines to left of and below tusks forming indeterminate shapes. To left above tusks is pecked outline of quadruped facing left with forward curving horn, possibly a cow. Pecked band around neck, pecking on hide, ear, line extending from mouth. To left below tusks is pecked outline of quadruped facing right with long tail, possibly a lion. Further to left are pecked lines and pecking forming indeterminate shapes.

Biographical history

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