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Tomb IGN19 is carved into the main massif of the AlBanat necropolis and faces northwest. The tomb belongs to the half-crowsteps type, with the access to the burial chamber raised about 60 cm above the current ground level. The project was abandoned at approximately one-fourth of completion due to miscalculations during the design phase, which led to the facade being too close to an altered area of the rock, causing the project to remain unfinished.
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II, Nehmé L., Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Paris 2015, pp. 44-45
The facade features two half-crowsteps crowning an Egyptian entablature composed of a cornice with torus molding and a partially sketched architrave. The interior consists of a quadrangular burial chamber without additional funerary structures. The threshold of the entrance is unclear due to the rock’s capillary rise humidity and its consequent degradation. Inside, the chamber features horizontal and vertical incisions on the walls, possibly indicating the initial phase of a new excavation, such as a burial niche that was later abandoned.
