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Site
Site name
RA03I/649
Toponym(s) of the site

T-Afozzigiar-t

Description

A large rock shelter located on the first terrace above the left bank of the Wadi T-Afozzigiar-t. The site was excavated in the 1960s and 1990s and published with the name of Fozzigiaren or Senaddar II. The excavations found traces of at least six burials from the first phases of the Pastoral period and recurring evidence of base camp dwelling. Many artifacts possibly associated with the creation of the paintings were found on the surface and in the archaeological deposit (i.e., a lower grinding stone with ochre residues and lumps of ochre pigment). Notwithstanding the damage inflicted by natural processes and recent wettings on the back wall, several Round Heads and Horse/Bitriangular paintings are still visible. Faded, barely discern- ible traces of red, white, and yellow on the left side suggest that the wall was once covered with Round Heads paintings. On the wall’s right end side, the best-preserved panel depicts a Horse/Bitriangular scene. A bitriangular human driving a chariot pulled by a horse is likely engaged in an ostrich hunting scene; indeed, the leg of an ostrich is visible on the right. This panel was reproduced on one of the chipboard panels in the Mori Collection. A third panel on the right contains what could be a Barbary sheep hunting scene that includes one bitriangular human holding two sticks and at least two dogs and two hunted animals. Above the scene, a few recent red paintings represent zoomorphic figures.