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Scope

Large slab, part of fragmented boulder, in stream channel on escarpment flank. Burial cairn has been built against boulder. Carvings on upper surface.

Arrangement

Two ostriches, incisions, pecking, polishing: Pecked outlines of two ostriches facing right with long necks and legs. Birds are superimposed on polished area. Pecking and incisions and striations around images. Areas of pecking above right are possibly Libyan characters.

Biographical history

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