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Scope

Small, relatively inconspicuous slab at base of small escarpment promontory in river bed by tributary. Carvings on upper surface.

Arrangement

Bull, bovid: Incised outline of bovid facing right with two short upward pointing horns terminating at edge of panel. Single line for the head and faint line for the belly. Immediately below is pecked and incised outline of bull facing right with upward curving horns. Phallus, two eyes and gouged dots on the body may be later additions. Natural fissures in the rock surface cut diagonally across its body forming part of its hind quarters. Tail cuts through tail of upper bovid.

Biographical history

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