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Scope

Large slab at base of promontory terminus. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Cow, oryx, ostrich, indeterminate, grooves, incisions, polishing: Pecked and incised outlines of two quadrupeds facing right. Smaller animal has forward pointing then upward curving horns, probably a cow. Larger animal has cervico-thoracic hump and long backward curving horns, probably an oryx. Below is pecked and incised outline of an ostrich facing right with long neck and legs. Possible reuse of incised lines and grooves to partly form animals. Several incisions and parallel grooves close to and partly superimposed by animals. Polished areas around and underlying cow.

Biographical history

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