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Scope

Boulder on wadi floor in river bed near base of small escarpment promontory. Carvings on sloping upper surface, partially concealed by small stones when found.

Arrangement

Camel, quadruped, abstract, inscription: Pecked camel facing left with small hump. Pecked line, possibly representing reins, runs between the neck and back of the animal. Three diagonal, incised lines intersect the back of the animal and a longer incised line runs horizontally above these. Triangular motif with three short, curved lines radiating from it sits at the animals head. Below are the incised legs and lower body of a quadruped and a pecked circular motif, possibly a Libyan inscription. Figure 6.5f

Biographical history

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