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1.	RA_PETR_OI_0367	riders; hunters; weapons; animals	Large panel with many figures, all apparently done by the same hand. They include a rider with a bow, a figure standing on his horse, figures with what must be throwing stones, a walking archer, and many...

2.	RA_PETR_TG_0128	stylized deer; wheels	Detail of long, stylized deer over leaping stag, bear, and horse (?). Above is visible a single wheel of a larger axle. Overlay.

3.	RA_PETR_TG_0384	herding scenes; cattle; figures; hunting scenes	Section of large outcrop irregularly covered with lichen and including two scenes from very different periods. On the left, a large, ithyphallic figure with raised arm and tail-like appendage overlays...

4.	RA_PETR_AT_0053	frontal figures; bears	Two frontal figures with long sleeves, feet turned up, and small bear. Images stacked vertically in ""hidden"" shaft below main panel.

5.	RA_PETR_OI_0078	masks; caravans	Boulder with mask and caravan scene on side of stone (here poorly visible). Mask bears resemblance to Okunev culture masks from the Upper Yenisei.

6.	RA_PETR_OI_0365	figures; ibex; caravans; syncretic deer	Detail of large, broken panel with several elements probably done at various times. The most recent may be the man, the wolf-deer and the ibex in upper left; the older elements include the large yak and...

7.	RA_PETR_TG_0129	archers; ibex; argali	Detail of Bronze Age figure, holding bow (?), and connected with uncertain engraved element. Fine ibex and argali to left. Detail shows the bluish, glaze-like patina of the outcrop's surface

8.	RA_PETR_TG_0385	hunting scenes	Detail of fine, kneeling archer with long, loose hair, aiming at argali or ibex partially hidden under lichen. Second argali or ibex on lower left, uncertain elements engraved below hunter.

9.	RA_PETR_OI_0368	riders; hunters; weapons; animals	Detail of large panel with many figures; note fine yak below.

10.	RA_PETR_TG_0130	carts; drivers	Finely detailed cart with driver and horses, on east side of large panel represented in RA_PETR_TG_0126.

11.	RA_PETR_TG_0386	cattle; herding scenes	Detail of large figure with raised arm, overlaying contoured, walking bovid. Quality of pecking and overlaid position suggests that the figure and dog were executed later than the bovid, creating a de...

12.	RA_PETR_OI_0080	caravans; female figures; yaks; children	Detail of caravan scene on side of large boulder with mask on upper surface. Note the children in the basket on the yak, the similarity in horn type with those of the mask. On the loaded yak, firm, dense...

13.	RA_PETR_OI_0369	riders; hunters; weapons; animals	Detail of central section of large panel: figures walking and riding with weapons, figure standing on a horse, dogs surrounding stag and bull.

14.	RA_PETR_TG_0131	carts;	Two horses and cart ruined by later overlay.On large, bluish surface. Overlay.

15.	RA_PETR_TG_0387	elk	Head of an unfinished elk executed with deep, coarse pecking and completely repatinated. On horizontal center of large outcropping.

16.	RA_PETR_AT_0054	ibex	Striped ibex, body partially lost in crumbling surface.

17.	RA_PETR_OI_0370	riders; hunters; weapons; animals	Detail of central section of panel showing quality of pecking, patina.

18.	RA_PETR_TG_0388	elk; predation scenes	Large, unfinished elk with large antlers; deep, course pecking. The elk is overlaid by an inverted, small elk attacked by a predator; and the person who pecked that group elongated the large elk's antlers....

19.	RA_PETR_OI_0371	syncretic stag	Stag with large bird-beak head, long antlers. On small, broken boulder.

20.	RA_PETR_TG_0135	horses	Finely pecked, running horse with large head and thick neck. On edge of large, bluish panel. Visible here are the elegant lines of varied mineralization on the outcrop surface.