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Tomb IGN11, belonging to the Proto-Hegra type 2, is located in sector II of the AlMahjar necropolis. The massif has a regular and steep shape, allowing excellent vertical and horizontal development of the tomb. The facade faces east, receiving sunlight during the first part of the day and remaining in shade for the rest. The tomb features two half-crowsteps on a plain background, an Egyptian entablature consisting of a cornice with a torus moulding, and an architrave with a plain band. This is followed by a plain attic and a second architrave, all supported by two angular pilasters with Nabataean Corinthian capitals. The entrance is adorned with a tympanum, resting on three acroterial supports with a central acroterion representing a frontal eagle with spread wings. On the sides are two vases with rounded shapes and vertical drop decorations.
Below the tympanum is a Greco-Roman entablature consisting of an Ionic cornice, a Doric frieze with alternating triglyphs and metopes, and a smooth band architrave. The decoration is supported by two lateral pilasters joined to two half-columns, all with plain Corinthian capitals. The entrance is elevated about 1.50 meters from the ground and is preceded by a wide terrace. A bench carved into the rock runs along the right trench, and a drainage channel for rainwater runs above the facade.
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.26-30
Mission archéologique de Madâ’in Sâlih (Arabie Saoudite): Recherches menées de 2001 à 2003 dans l’ancienne Hijra des Nabatéens in Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy Nehmé L. Sachet I. Arnoux T. Bessac J.-C. Dentzer J.-M. et al. Wiley Singapore 2006 p.79
RCU-IGN17 RCU archive digital media Inv. n° RCU.2022.208.6
The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.86
“This is the tomb which Husayku son of Humaydu made for himself and for his children and for Guzay’at and Salamu his sisters daughters of Humaydu and for their children. And no-one has the right to write for this tomb any deed of entitlement or to bury in it any non-relative other than by hereditary title. And whoever does other than this will have no valid portion. In the month of Iyyar the fortieth year of Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people. Ruma and ‘Abd’obodat the masons.”
