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Area 1.Panel 1

Description

The panel represents a multi-figured composition with some zoomorphic figures. In the upper part, there is the biggest figure. The animal is turned left. We can see a massive body, a small head with an elongated muzzle, a small tail, legs down. Probably it is a red deer. In the lower part, the red deer image is crossed by a head of the other animal. 

Below, there is a contour image of a red deer, the bottom part is not remained. To the right of it, there is a similar image but it doesn't have horns. The first red deer has a silhouette head, the second one has a neck. The animals are turned right and up as if going uphill. To the right, there is one more zoomorphic image similar to the previous ones, but it has smaller sizes and less detailized. Further we can see an image of a bull (?) staying vertically. In the right part of the panel, there is one more zoomorphic image. It is made less detailized.

Also the panel has some traces of pecking. Some of them are fragments of zoomorphic images which were lost due to destroying of the rock. Probably, in the upper part, there were a large image similar to the first red deer. 

Technical description

The panel is located on the rocky outcropping of the red Devonian sandstone of the lower tier of the western slope of Sukhanikha mountain. The sizes of the panel are 2.2x1.8 m. It is located at a height of 2 m from the foot of the tier. The panel is exposed to the west.

The panel is damaged by the crumbling of the rock crust. Some of the drawings have been lost. The panel is in emergency condition.