IGN111

IGN11

Tomb IGN111, located on the northwest part of an isolated massif in the AlAhmar necropolis, faces west. It belongs to the Proto-Hegra type 1 typology and is situated high on the massif, accessible via a walkable stone slope with several terraces containing numerous pit tombs. The facade features two half-crowsteps, an Egyptian entablature with a cornice and architrave, and two angular pilasters with Nabataean Corinthian capitals.

IGN111

Processing techniques

Axe, Pick, Point chisel, Flat chisel

Materials

Sandstone, Plaster

Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.188-189; The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.176

Inscription

This is the tomb belonging to Mugiru from GHR, son of Mugiru, to him and his descendants. They may be buried in it forever by hereditary title. This was on the seventeenth day of Siwan in the fifth year of Rabel, King of the Nabataeans.

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