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Tomb IGN22 is located in the southern sector of the AlBanat necropolis, on the west side of the massif. The tomb is separated from tomb IGN21 by a thin spur on the left, while tomb IGN23 is located on the right side of the structure. The entrance threshold is at ground level. The tomb’s facade is characterized by two half-crowsteps on a smooth background, likely originally decorated with a plaster finish that is now preserved only in some localized areas along the upper edge. Below the half-crowsteps, an Egyptian entablature consisting of an Egyptian cornice, torus moulding, and architrave is present, all finished with a fine, light-colored plaster. This is followed by a smooth attic and a Greco-Roman entablature, also finished with plaster, with traces of red and black polychromy on the architrave.
The facade is decorated with square-shaped holes arranged in three horizontal rows, likely used to affix movable decorations. Two corner pilasters with Nabataean Corinthian capitals frame the lower part of the facade.
Pick, Point chisel, Flat chisel, Tooth chisel, Saw, Abrasive
Sandstone, Plaster, Paint film (frieze and architrave of the Greco-Roman entablature)
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.53-56
The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.115
“This is the tomb which ‘Aydu son of Kuhaylu son of Alkasi made for himself and his children and his descendants and for whoever produces in his hand a deed of entitlement from the hand of ‘Aydu valid for him and for whoever ‘Aydu during his lifetime grants permission to bury in it. In the month of Nisan the ninth year of Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people. And may Dushara and Manotu and her Qaysha curse anyone who sells this tomb or buys it or gives it in pledge or makes a gift of it or leases it or draws up for himself any document concerning it or buries in it anyone apart from those inscribed above. And the tomb and this its inscription are inviolable according to the nature of inviolability among the Nabataeans and Salamians for ever and ever.”
