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Scope

Flat slab directly in front of BOU045. Partially covered in small rocks and obscured by silt when found. Carvings on sloping upper surface.

Arrangement

Two cows, dog, camel, giraffe, five quadrupeds, animal, indeterminate, hollows, incisions, grooves, pecking: Pecked outlines of ten quadrupeds and an animal with either two or four legs, facing in different directions and with different degrees of patina. One quadruped with long neck and hump is probably a camel. One quadruped with long neck, possibly giraffe. Two quadrupeds have forward-curving or upward then inward curving horns, possibly cows. A third quadruped has backward-curving horns. Small quadruped with no horns and curly tail is probably a dog. Extensive pecking and several pecked, indeterminate lines. Several shallow, polished hollows. No superimposition.

Biographical history

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