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Scope

Fragmented boulder in stream bed at base of promontory terminus. Carvings on several surfaces, some of which have split after engravings were made. Some of carvings ELH136A carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Two giraffes, oryx, abstract, grooves, incisions, pecking: Incised outline of two probable giraffes facing right with long necks. Right giraffe has short upright horns or ears. Left giraffe has short lines on neck (mane?). Head and hind quarters superimposed by incised outline of possible oryx facing right with long upward pointing then backward curving horns. Indistinct head partly superimposed by right giraffe. Incisions above oryx. Pecked ovoid shape and curved line above right-hand giraffe. Parallel incised grooves, some forming X shapes, pecking and incisions to right of right giraffe and along panel edge.

Biographical history

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