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Scope

Large panel of outcropping rock forming part of upper cliff near end of promontory on northern side of ZIN spur. Carvings on vertical surface.

Arrangement

Four bulls, two cows, bovid, five quadrupeds, two ostriches, indeterminate, graffiti: Pecked outlines of four bulls and two cows facing left with straight upward pointing horns, pecking on hide, one with pecked eye. Pecked outlines of a bovid and two quadrupeds with indistinguishable heads facing left. Pecked outlines of three further quadrupeds facing right, two with possible short horns. Pecked outlines of two birds facing up the panel with long necks and short wings, probably ostriches. Pecked outlines of at least three indeterminate figures. Carvings partly obscured by recent graffiti painted in bitumen. Zeigert (1969); Mattingly et al (2003, 2007: 101-102, 2010: 75-77)

Biographical history

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

Related materials

Zeigert (1969; Mattingly et al (2003, 2007: 101-102, 2010: 75-77