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1.	RA_PETR_AT_0001	aurochs; animals	Two animals obscured by lichen and executed in a partial silhouette: on the right, an aurochs with forward horns and large shoulder hump; on the left, unclear animal but with archaic treatment of the legs...

2.	RA_PETR_AT_0002	elk	Elk with large antlers much obscured by lichen. A second animal behind, also obscured. Sloping surface, bedrock.

3.	RA_PETR_AT_0003	aurochs; elk; caprids	Sloping, crumbling bedrock surface with three images: an elk, facing left; an aurochs, facing right; and a caprid facing left. The aurochs and caprid are inverted and can be seen by turning the image.

4.	RA_PETR_AT_0005	horses	Horse with a small head, large, partitioned body and simplified legs. A second element is obscured by lichen. Note the rough, heavy pecking indicative of an archaic execution. On sloping, darkened and...

5.	RA_PETR_AT_0006	aurochs; argali	Scattered archaic images of aurochs and argali, on steep, crumbling bedrock surface.

6.	RA_PETR_AT_0008	aurochs	Two animals, probably aurochs, obscured by the mineralization of the stone surface and lichen. The use of partial contour and single tapered forms for two legs indicates an archaic date. On deeply worn...

7.	RA_PETR_AT_0009	elk; figures	Two elk, one contoured and one silhouetted, separated by what appears to be a frontal figure with arm raised. On abraded and pitted surface with lichen.

8.	RA_PETR_AT_0010	elk	Detail of silhouetted elk and unclear element on the left (a frontal figure?).

9.	RA_PETR_AT_0011	aurochs	Aurochs with contoured body, silhouette head, forward jutting horns. On pitted, abraded bedrock surface.

10.	RA_PETR_AT_0013	elk; frontal figures; female figures	Elk and two frontal figures on a smooth surface partially overgrown by vegetation. The rough pecking, the combination of silhouette and contours for the treatment of the elk, the simplification of the...

11.	RA_PETR_AT_0014	elk; frontal figures; female figures	Elk and figures after dirt and vegetation have been removed, revealing the hind quarters of the elk.

12.	RA_PETR_AT_0015	argali; frontal figures	Frontal figure and argali; second uncertain animal under lichen. On surface with RA_PETR_AT_0013.

13.	RA_PETR_AT_0016	animals; frontal figures	View of broken outcrop with eroded animals and frontal figures within the red area.

14.	RA_PETR_AT_0017	animals	A deeply eroded animal—possibly an elk—on a red sloping surface. The animal's head is lost under lichen. The whole pecked surface of the animal has fallen off and the underlying matrix has eroded....

15.	RA_PETR_AT_0018	frontal figures; argali	Detail of several worn frontal figures, an argali and an uncertain animal. On the north side of the section and at the edge of the disintegrating outcrop.

16.	RA_PETR_AT_0023	elk	Extremely worn elk with small, raised head, large antlers and large body.

17.	RA_PETR_AT_0024	animals	Uncertain animal with long trunk-like element; body lost under lichen. On southwest side of section.

18.	RA_PETR_AT_0028	aurochs; elk	Aurochs (silhouette?) under lichen (left); two elk with contoured bodies, one partially obscured by lichen. On surface sloping slightly to south.

19.	RA_PETR_AT_0029	aurochs	Detail of aurochs obscured under lichen.

20.	RA_PETR_AT_0030	elk; argali	Broken, worn surface sloping to the north with a large elk (1 m), two smaller elk, and an argali crossing the haunch of the large animal. The large animal's elegant head, vestigial legs and heavy body...