Detail of scene to right of large bull: three archers, two with long bows, two with horned headdresses, one also with large quiver and daluur shooting at fine, parcelled goat on left. Crude goat and larger horse possibly done later.
Section of ""Large Panel"" with two stags and a snow leopard, all by different hands and from different periods. The upper stag is from the Pazyryk Period, the lower stag has characteristics of the Tashtyk style, and the snow leopard is Iron Age. Deeply scraped, discolored horizontal surface.
Three layers of imagery: Bronze Age figure with large headdress; three crude riders from the Iron Age; and more recent, crude frontal figure. On vertical surface of outcrop.
Detail of RA_PETR_TG_0388, showing the way in which the small animal was pecked over the large elk and the differences between the large and small elk in pecking quality and patina.
Boulder with a woman leading a loaded yak in the upper right, many other animals. The yak, the woman, and the yak in the upper left appear to be by the same hand, most of the other animals by a later hand. Note the curious elements carried by the yak, similar to other scenes from BO I and V.
Large hunting scene with small archer, a woman standing above and to the left (?), many animals including some finely pecked goats, below. On boulder with scraped, cracked surface.
Images pecked on broken rock faces, including a Bronze Age hunter (upper left), a Bronze Age horse and bull (lower center) and a variety of other images.
Sloping surface of outcrop. Two archers with recurved bows. One archer wears a three-horned headdress. Above are two fine, darkly patinated and almost invisible elk. Below is a cruder elk, apparently the animal being hunted.
Detail of rider on spiky maned horse, with dog. Larger spiky maned horse on the right may have been enhanced by scoring at a later period, and the horn of the goat on the left may have been repecked more recently. On high, scraped, and damaged surface.
Boulder with several crude figures, scenes of hunting, and two carts, both with solid wheels. One cart has a driver with no apparent reins, the other has no driver.
Three images, possibly all by different hands: tall figure with long staff, daluur, quiver (Bronze Age); crude goat Iron Age); boar done in an elaborate parcelled style (Arzhan or Pazyryk style).
Two large walking birds, followed by a possible predator. Between the predator and birds, remains of a much older image, possibly an ibex. In front of the birds is visible a crude animal, weakly pecked.
Profile animal originally outlined with clear contours, pecked, and possibly scored over earlier, somewhat random pecking. Chaulky patination shifting to dark coloration.
Wolf, partially covered by lichen, chasing two ibex on finely scraped, red bedrock surface. Note extremely deep, careful pecking in contrast to that of the (later) bull image, lower right. On high terrace, east end of complex.
Detail of boulder with many images. Note double caprids in center, plantigrade caprid above, elegant hunter and stag. Different patina of images does not necessarily indicate different dates, but the differences in style (of images and pecking) probably do indicate different hands/periods. In this case, the lower double caprid seems to be a copy of the upper one, done at a much later time.
Herd of goats on two different sections of split boulder. Those above are probably earlier than the small group below. Note the treatment of some of the animals as if seen in a three-quarter pose. The vertical surface may delay the repatination of the images; thus the upper group may belong to the Early Nomadic Period.
Hunter drawing bow towards two large elk, one with internal spots. Other animals, some much lighter in patination but not necessarily done later. Hunter wears belted tunic typical of the Early Nomads.
Group of images including a hunter with horned headdress, bow, and throwing stone; a large yak; and four birds, possibly a kind of vulture. The stag is probably of a later time. On a sloping boulder in a high draw of the section.
Group of animals on sloping surface: contoured moose, horse, and argali represent very early layer; horse in upper left and deer in center represent a later layer.
Section of ""Large Panel"" with snow leopard; goats confronted by dogs; an archer with large bow, drawn arrow, and daluur; and two riders, one of which brandishes a Tagar battle axe. Horiontal, deeply scraped surface.
Shattered surface of outcrop covered with several layers of imagery: hunting scenes, chariot with horses laid feet to feet, one wheel overlaid by a large animal; and a large elk (upper right) which seems to have been pecked over an argali with elaborate horn.
Female figure leading a loaded yak with large, lyre horns. Above, a recumbent goat, lighter and more crudely pecked;possibly executed at a later date. On sloping surface of fractured boulder.
Detail of RA_PETR_TG_0929, with Tagar Period horse, goat, and camel on the right and three much later riders on the left. The camel has been partially repecked and covered with scratches, including that of a frontal stick figure. The riders on the left include one on a horse with ram horns; all have elaborate regalia.
Detail of three or four combatants with ""giant"" figure. Note Bronze Age daluur, head dresses; engraved recurve bow on upper right and scratched crosshatching below.
Scene on small broken boulder with several figures surrounding what is either a bear or a boar and attacking it with spears, clubs, bows and arrows. Figures wear a variety of headdresses and carry long daluur. Note small figure on left, in section where rock has fallen out; possibly executed later than the main scene?
Large elk over older animal, one of them with double bull tail. Small hunters and wolves or dogs in upper left. Below the elk, small boar, other animals. Overlay.
Detail of large surface: large elk that has been pecked over an earlier scene. Note that the elk and several of the smaller animals have been more recently retouched, and that a coiled horn above the elk's back indicates earlier images.
Overview of blue section on right of ""Wild Bull Panel,"" with man leading small bull, hunter with long bow. Blue, mineralized, finely cracked surface, bedrock.
Two elk, male and female, followed by a fine wolf; on sloping slab on high terrace, east end of complex. Two other crude images and one ""lost"" image below. Note that the pecked surface of the large elk has fallen out revealing the grey and flaking matrix.
Arzhan-style deer with curious mineralization in area of chest around stone fracture. Its antlers are considerably lighter in tone: added later? Compare the variation in re-patination on this figure with the cruder, later goat on the left. Vertical surface.
Detail of animals scratched and engraved into scraped, polished surface: note greenish patina of central elk, repatinated engraved lines; addition (later) of scratched elements.
Two small deer, one with over-scratching. Both with dark patina on richly mineralized and cracked surface. To the right is a small hunter which has been scratched and rubbed over an earlier element. On bedrock surface of ""Wild Bull Panel.""
Detail of small figure scratched and rubbed, possibly over a much earlier figure. Note dark, gouged upper section of long bow; trajectory of arrow gouged over an earlier animal; other elements, including a small deer (upper right) and possible lightly scratched recurve bow, upper left, over deeply incised marks. On upper section of ""Wild Bull Panel"" surface.
Large archer shooting at elk-like animal. These have been laid over an earlier scene, in which the small figures on the left were hunting an animal covered, now, by the more recent one. Below, a large figure with spear (?), apparently unrelated to the first scene. Large, sloping surface, scraped and rough.
Scratched, engraved, and rubbed animals, predominately deer or elk; several images cross-hatched and striped. On sloping, scraped and polished bedrock.
Large panel covered with animals and large, blocky figures, no clear narrative connection. Panel located at far north end of section. Surface deeply scraped and patina deeply worn in places.
Detail of outcrop with small, damaged figure at the base. Figure holds a spear with hanging tassel (?) and carries a daluur at his waist. Note his three-quarter posture. The small animal behind the figure may be part of the composition, but the larger element above is later.
Undulating surface of smooth and bluish cast, covered with variety of images. Several images, pecked and engraved, of stylized deer, one over Bronze Age animals; other animals, a human figure. Images have re-patinated into a rusted dark brown. Overlay.
Crudely pecked deer with large antlers, followed by either a wolf or a feline. Other engraved elements including a large bow (below deer), and section of a large ibex, upper left. Upper section of surface with ""Wild Bull Panel.""