IGN39

Tomb IGN39 is located on the southern front of the South sector of the AlBanat necropolis, in an area where the greater height of the rock allowed for a higher vertical development of the facade. The facade, which belongs to the type with two rows of crowsteps, is set back about 1.5 meters into the massif and protrudes about 15-20 cm from the plane of the lateral trenches. The tomb has suffered from a collapse that removed part of the decorated facade, the right cleaning trench, and a portion of the natural wall of the massif. The stone around the tomb is affected by alveolization with a blackish patina above the surface and whitish percolations below the cavities.

General Image

Techniques and Materials

Processing techniques

Axe, Pick, Point chisel, Flat chisel, Abrasive

Materials

Sandstone, Plaster (rows of crowsteps, both architraves)

Bibliography

Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.80-83

The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.154

Explorations Récentes et Nouvelles Pistes de Recherche Dans l’Ancienne Hégra des Nabatéens Moderne Al-Hijr/Madâ’in Sâlih (Arabie du Nord-Ouest) in Comptes rendus des séances de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Nehmé L. Diffusion de Boccard Paris 2004 p.649 fig.6

Inscription

“This is the tomb which Kamkam daughter of Wa’ilat daughter of Haramu and Kulaybat her daughter made for themselves and their descendants. In the month of Tebet the ninth year of Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people. And may Dushara and his throne and Allat of ‘Amnad and Manotu and her Qaysha curse anyone who sells this tomb or who buys it or gives it in pledge or makes a gift of it or removes from it body or limb or who buries in it anyone other than Kamkam and her daughter and their descendants. And whoever does not act according to what is written above shall be liable to Dushara and Hubalu and to Manotu in the sum of 5 shamads and to the exorcist-priest for a fine of a thousand Haretite sela’s except that whoever produces in his hand a document from the hand of Kamkam or Kulaybat her daughter regarding this tomb this document will be valid. Wahballahi son of ‘Abd’obodat made it.”