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Zone code: IND-NUB-SAP-Zo01
Sapoche
unknown
At the exit of the village of Murgi, in the direction of Charassa. Engravings on rocks at the bottom of the peak, on the right as you leave the village, at the beginning of the canal.
none

canal, road
cone, river, rock shelter, slope
Comments on the environment: Right bank of the Nubra. Irrigation canal at the bottom of the site as well as track leading to Charassa. Site with steep slopes. Wet plain opens up at the foot of the site. Opposite the site of Tirsa Tso.

gathered
medium

open air
petroglyph
other
boulder

historic, pre-historic

Visits: Laurianne, Bruneau; Quentin, Devers; Martin, Vernier (2007): surveyed
Mission Archéologique Franco-Indienne au Ladakh_MAFIL (2013): systematic
damaged
Comments on the condition: Bottom of the site destroyed by canal construction, some rocks buried behind the canal. Probably destruction of rocks during construction.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 50
surfaces 64
motifs 491
scenes 38

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 74
  • architecture: 9
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 15
  • inscription: 4
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 4
  • zoomorph: 385
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 3
  • domestication: 8
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 6
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 1
  • intra-species group: 8
  • mating: 1
  • none: 0
  • other: 4
  • pair: 7
  • predation: 0
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 0
  • clear: 25
  • medium: 344
  • dark: 122
  • very dark: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 489
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 2
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 0
  • historic: 2
  • pre-historic: 0
  • unknown: 489
    Direction
  • front view: 25
  • left: 344
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 0
  • aerial: 0
  • none: 122
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 31
  • silhouette: 455
  • combination: 1
  • unknown: 4
    Style
  • rectilinear: 59
  • curvilinear: 3
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 1
  • rectotriangular: 0
  • triangular: 1
  • bitriangular: 1
  • Eurasian animal style: 2
  • other: 49
  • non specific: 375