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Tomb IGN117 is located on the eastern front of the main massif of the AlAhmar necropolis. The facade features two rows of crowsteps, a cornice, a torus molding, an attic, and an architrave resting on angular pilasters. The entrance is framed by pilasters with a low-arched pediment that is heavily eroded. The interior consists of a single main chamber with one pit tomb, mostly filled with sand and various materials. The tomb was constructed for a woman named Hīnat and her descendants.
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp. 198-199;
The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.187
This is the tomb which Hinat daughter of Wahbu made for herself and for her children and her descendants forever. No one has the right to sell it or give it in pledge. In the twenty-first year of King Maliku, King of the Nabataeans.
