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Tomb IGN45 is located on the eastern front of the main massif in the AlBanat necropolis. The façade features two half-crowsteps on a plain background, an Egyptian entablature with a cornice and architrave, and a plain attic. Below this, the Ionic entablature includes a cornice and plain frieze with a single register architrave. The structure is supported by two angular pilasters with Nabataean Corinthian capitals.
The entrance is surmounted by a triangular pediment and tympanum decorated with a face with round eyes and a slightly open mouth, flanked by two snakes. This unique decoration is interpreted as a representation of Medusa. The pediment is accompanied by three acroteria: a central eagle with spread wings and two lateral vases
Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol.II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.93-95
The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.171
This is the tomb which ‘Aydu the prefect son of ‘Ubaydu made for himself and for his children and for his descendants. And Aftiyu mother of this same ‘Aydu daughter of Habibu and Na’itat his wife daughter of Sullay, and whoever produces in his hand a writ from the hand of this ‘Aydu may be buried in this tomb. And this tomb was made in the month of Adar the eleventh year of King Maliku King of the Nabataeans. ‘Abd’obodat son of Wahballahi and Hani’u son of ‘Ubaydat and Afsa son of Hutu the masons made it.
