Scope

On boulder in dispersed cluster on W side of mouth of watercourse. Remains of stone footings and cleared floor of small circular structure abutting carved surface of boulder. Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Two humans, three giraffes: Smoothed outlines of two quadrupeds and one quadruped with pecked outline, all facing right. The two outer animals have long necks, small horns, raised tails, and pecked hides, probably giraffe. Left-hand giraffe has U-shaped belly, right-hand giraffe has tapered legs and phallus, both have two legs depicted. The middle animal has pecked body, long neck and forward pointing horns, possibly a giraffe, possibly added later. On the far right of the panel is the smoothed outline of a human figure with belt and phallus. The arms are bent, one with hand and outstretched fingers, the other holding a bow with an arrow almost piercing the chest of the right-hand giraffe. Two natural circular depressions above. Smoothed faint outline of possible second human to the left of the middle animal. Figure 7.11b

Biographical history

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