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It is one of the most interesting Iron Age hunting scenes of the western Alps. The ibexes are well detailed and the warrior-hunter is depicted while handling a shake and a little shield. In this area the ibex replace the deer in the hunting scenes. The scene shows close similarities (seminaturalistic way of depicting the bodies, curly tail dog, general theme and composition of the hunting scene) with the analogous Camunnian ones. The Roman inscriptions has been read by G. Mennella. They says: "Luccius Mett.... qui amat iatinu(m)2 or "latinu(m)" (1), "aratam" (2), "amat"(3). The interpretation is that these inscription were executed as a graffito, so defacing the more ancient Iron age scene, by a Roman officer controlling the payment of the taxes (quadragesima galliarum) in the Moncenisio pass area. The graffito represent a disgrace against Lucius Mettius, who is described as having inconvenient erotic practices with the ibexes (qui amat platinum). It is the highest Roman inscription found in the Alps.

The hunting scene (massive body warriors, curly tail dog, semi-naturalistic animals) is clearly comparable with the similar scenes of the Iron Age Valcamonica rock art (IV2 IV3 style, VII-IV cent. BC). The Roman inscriptions are of the I cent. AD.