IGN29

Tomb IGN29 is located on the western front, south sector of the AlBanat necropolis. The facade is recessed, similar to adjacent tombs, and features a passage carved into the rock above the facade that ends at tomb IGN28. This passage, along with a gutter for meteoric water drainage above the crowsteps, has limited the height of the decoration. The tomb is of the type with a single row of crowsteps. The facade includes five crowsteps and two half-crowsteps, followed by an Egyptian entablature with a cornice and plain double-register architrave, supported by angular pilasters with pseudo-Doric capitals and plain shafts. An Ionic door frame with a bevelled cornice adorns the entrance. In the center of the facade, there is a cartouche with an inscription in Nabataean characters.

IGN29

Processing techniques

Axe, Pick, Point chisel

Materials

Sandstone, Mortar (around the burial cell)

Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.65-68

The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 pp.131, 137

Inscription

“This is the burial-niche which Wushuh daughter of Bagrat made for herself within the rock-tomb belonging to her and her daughters. Whoever opens it for himself or removes her from this burial-niche forever shall be liable to our lord Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people in the sum of a thousand Haretite sela’s. And may Dushara the god of our lord and all the gods curse whoever removes this Wushuh from this burial-niche forever. And may the curse of Dushara and all the gods bear witness to this. And this was on the 10th day of Ab the 43rd year of Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people.”

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