IGN76

IGN76

Tomb IGN76 is carved into the southern side of the main massif in sector II of the Khuraymat necropolis, facing east. The tomb’s facade features two rows of crowsteps, torus mouldings, architraves, and an attic. The facade is set back from the massif by about 4 meters on the left side and 1.50 meters on the right. The entrance is framed by a simple Ionic door frame with double mouldings. The interior chamber is square, with a niche about 2 meters deep on the right side, and contains two pit tombs.

IGN76

Processing techniques

Axe, Pick, Point chisel, Flat chisel, Saw

Materials

Sandstone, Plaster (second row of crowsteps, lower architrave, lower torus mouldings), Mortar (burial cell)

Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II, Nehmé L., Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, Paris 2015, pp.131-133

The chamber includes a burial niche, a burial cell, and two pit tombs. The chamber retains traces of white mortar used to seal the elements.

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