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The facade of Tomb IGN24 features two half-crowsteps on a plain background, an Egyptian entablature composed of a cornice, a plain frieze, and an Ionic entablature with cornice and plain architrave. These elements rest on two angular pilasters with Nabataean Corinthian capitals, smooth shafts, and beveled quadrangular bases. The entrance is topped by a triangular pediment with a tympanum decorated with a bearded face flanked by two lateral snakes, which may represent the god Bes. Three acroteria are placed on supports: the central one depicts a frontal eagle with spread wings, while the lateral ones depict round vases with engraved decorations.
The facade also features a composite entablature with an Ionic cornice and Doric frieze, consisting of alternating triglyphs and metopes with large rosettes. The architrave has a double register with plain bands, a cavetto moulding, and Doric drops. Above the pediment is a rectangular cartouche with a Nabataean inscription. There are several quadrangular holes on the facade, likely used for now-missing decorative elements.
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.57-59
The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.123
This is the tomb which ‘Abd’obodat son of Aribos made for himself and for Wa’ilat his daughter and for the sons of this Wa’ilat and her daughters and their children that they might be buried in this tomb. And Wa’ilat and her sons will not have the right to sell or give in pledge or lease this tomb or to write for this tomb any document for anyone for ever. But this tomb will be a possession in perpetuity for Wa’ilat and for her sons and her daughters and for their children. And it is incumbent on Wa’ilat and her sons that if Huru the brother of this ‘Abd’obodat should be in Hegra and the change of death should befall him they should bury him in this tomb him alone and no-one shall remove him. And whoever alters or does not do according to what is written above shall be liable to our lord in the sum of two thousand Haretite sela’s. In the month of Tebet the forty-fourth year of Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people. Aftah son of ‘Abd’obodat the mason made it.
