The IGN109 tomb, designed in the Hegra type style, was not completed and is located on the northwestern slope of an isolated massif of the Sanie necropolis, about 300 meters east of the main massif. The tomb features a rectangular opening, an incomplete portal decoration, and several upper decorative elements like half-crowsteps and an Egyptian entablature. It has an epigraphic cartouche with a finely carved inscription, stating that the tomb was made for Sullay son of Radwa and his descendants. The interior includes a square floor plan with multiple unfinished burial structures, including a burial cell, an unfinished niche, and a secondary chamber. The facade is heavily damaged, with parts collapsed, and the tomb’s state of conservation is very poor, with cracks, exfoliations, and extensive salt efflorescence.
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.182-184; The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.193
This is the tomb which Sullay son of Radwa made for himself and his children and his descendants by hereditary title. And none shall be buried in this tomb except by hereditary title nor shall this tomb be sold nor given in pledge. And whoever does other than what is above shall be liable to Dushara the god of our lord in the sum of a thousand Haretite (sela’s). In the month of Nisan the 20+1+….th year of Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people. Aftah the mason made it.
