Scope

Northernmost point of outcropping bedrock above lower terrace of small promontory near mouth of watercourse. Carvings on large vertical surface.

Arrangement

Nine humans (six riders), three horses, two camels, three oryx, four birds, two quadrupeds, indeterminate, inscriptions: Pecked engravings forming two hunting scenes on left and right hand sides of panel, partly separated by natural fissure. Scene on left moves from left to right and comprises, on far left, an indeterminate pecked image, pecked outline of a horse with rider and pecked image horse and rider, both facing right with reins depicted. Pecked Libyan characters superimposed over left-hand horse and rider. Above and to the right of these images are two pecked quadrupeds facing right with long backward pointing horns, probably oryx or ibex, one with slightly twisted horns, possibly an addax. Below are two pecked humans and indeterminate pecked shape, possibly an animal, with a third faintly pecked human below. To the right are pecked outlines of two camels facing right with long necks and humps, each with a rider holding reins and a stick. To the right of these images are pecked outlines of three birds facing right with long legs and necks, possibly ostrich, and one quadruped facing right with long backward pointing horns, possibly an oryx. Above is pecked quadruped facing left with long backward pointing horns, possibly an oryx, which may form part of the second hunting scene, which moves from right to left. On far right of panel is pecked outline of horse facing left, with rider holding reins and stick. To the left of this is pecked outline of bird facing left with long legs and neck and small wings, possibly an ostrich. Above and to the left is a possibly human figure with arms akimbo and upward curving feet, holding a line which is connected to a quadruped facing left, possibly a horse. To the left are pecked lines forming indeterminate shapes, and at least one pecked human figure.

Biographical history

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