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The facade of tomb IGN40 belongs to the proto-Hegra type 1 tombs. The upper section features two half-crowsteps carved on a flat, plastered background. Below this, an Egyptian entablature with a cornice, including gorge and torus mouldings, and an architrave are present. The torus, architrave, and necking of the corner pilasters were finished with plaster, which is largely preserved on the torus and the left pilaster. The entrance is flanked by two pilasters with pseudo-Doric capitals and a series of mouldings, topped by an architrave and a cornice. Erosion has obscured the bases of the corner pilasters and those framing the entrance. The tomb lacks a cartouche and inscription. The facade shows five evenly spaced holes at the height of the pilasters’ necking, likely made in a later phase to affix movable decorations.
Axe, Pick, Point chisel, Flat chisel, Abrasive
Sandstone, Mortar (burial cells), Plaster (between the half-crowsteps, torus, and architrave of the Egyptian cornice, necking of the angular pilasters)
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp. 83-85
The interior is accessed through a doorway with lateral recesses on the upper and lower sides and a smaller recess on the left side, part of the tomb’s closure system. Inside, the burial chamber features multiple structures: three burial cells on the right counterfaçade, five burial cells and a rectangular niche on the left wall, and three rectangular openings on the back wall, of which two are burial niches and one leads to a secondary chamber with two pit tombs. The right wall has two secondary chambers, each with a deep pit tomb. Residues of mortar are visible around the perimeter of all burial cells and on the upper side of the entrance’s underside.
