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Zone code: IND-LAD-NUL-Zo01
Nurla
Nyurla
Zone by the roadside, between the road and the river, at the level of the second stupa of Nurla village (coming from Khaltse), behind a mani wall.
none

ceramic, mani stone wall, road, stupa structure, undetermined structure
plateau, river, valley
Comments on the environment: Right bank of the Indus at the edge of the plateau, towards the Indus: traces of alignments and rectangular dry stone constructions. From Nurla up the Phocha Tokpo we reach the Shyok valley via the pass called La (5400 m) | valley entrance

gathered
few

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

historic, pre-historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2003): systematic
Laurianne, Bruneau; Quentin, Devers; Martin, Vernier (2007): surveyed
Martin, Vernier (2017): surveyed
damaged
Comments on the condition: none

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 4
surfaces 10
motifs 153
scenes 8

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 34
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 33
  • inscription: 4
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 4
  • zoomorph: 78
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 1
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 1
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 0
  • intra-species group: 0
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 5
  • pair: 1
  • predation: 0
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 5
  • clear: 14
  • medium: 0
  • dark: 128
  • very dark: 6
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 153
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 8
  • historic: 0
  • pre-historic: 3
  • unknown: 142
    Direction
  • front view: 14
  • left: 0
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 6
  • aerial: 5
  • none: 128
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 8
  • silhouette: 145
  • combination: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Style
  • rectilinear: 28
  • curvilinear: 1
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 3
  • rectotriangular: 1
  • triangular: 1
  • bitriangular: 3
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 116