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Zone code: IND-NUB-MUT-Zo03
Murgi
unknown
Located at the bottom of the site, on the former rock face of the cone.
none

delimited ground space, landmark, trail
cone, rock shelter
Comments on the environment: heap of stones

gathered
most

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder



Visits: Laurianne, Bruneau (2006): surveyed
Laurianne, Bruneau; Quentin Devers; Martin, Vernier (2007): surveyed
Laurianne, Bruneau; Quentin Devers; Martin, Vernier (2011): systematic
Mission Archéologique Franco-Indienne au Ladakh_MAFIL; Laurianne, Bruneau; Simadri Bihari, Ota; Martin, Vernier; Debashish, Mitra; Claire, Gaillard; Hubert, Forestier; Quentin, Devers; Sébastien, Monnier; Rajesh, Kumar (2013): surveyed
good
Comments on the condition: Transformed into a religious area by villagers in 2017, claimed to be inaccessible.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 190
surfaces 220
motifs 729
scenes 51

Images

Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 140
  • architecture: 7
  • artefact: 3
  • indeterminate: 59
  • inscription: 15
  • other: 5
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 17
  • zoomorph: 483
    Scene description
  • battle: 2
  • ceremonial: 1
  • confrontation: 3
  • domestication: 6
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 19
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 1
  • intra-species group: 8
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 7
  • pair: 1
  • predation: 2
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 12
  • clear: 43
  • medium: 100
  • dark: 468
  • very dark: 106
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 2
  • hammered: 727
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 16
  • historic: 7
  • pre-historic: 30
  • unknown: 676
    Direction
  • front view: 43
  • left: 100
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 106
  • aerial: 12
  • none: 468
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 91
  • silhouette: 632
  • combination: 1
  • unknown: 5
    Style
  • rectilinear: 18
  • curvilinear: 8
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 4
  • rectotriangular: 16
  • triangular: 3
  • bitriangular: 6
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 674