IGN93

IGN93

Tomb IGN93 is part of the Khuraymat necropolis, situated at the extremity of the massif’s spur that also houses tombs IGN91, IGN92, and IGN94. The tomb features a decorated façade in the proto-Hegra type 2 style. The facade’s height was influenced by the rock’s stratification, with two half-crowsteps at the top, followed by an Egyptian entablature, an attic, and a richly decorated pediment with a tympanum and acroteria.

IGN93

Processing techniques

Pick, Point Chisel, Flat chisel, Drill

Materials

Sandstone, Mortar

Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp. 153-156

The Nabataean Tomb Inscriptions of Mada’In Salih Healey J.F. Oxford University Press Oxford 1993 p.226

Inscription

“This is the tomb which Halafu son of Qosnatan made for himself and for Su’aydu his son and his brothers whatever male children may be born to this Halafu and for their sons and their descendants by hereditary title forever. And his children may be buried in this tomb: this Su’aydu and Manu’at and Sanaku and Ribamat and Umayyat and Salimat daughters of this Halafu. And none at all of Su’aydu and his brothers males and their sons and their descendants has the right to sell this tomb or write a deed of gift or anything else for anyone at all except if one of them writes for his wife or for his daughters or for a father-in-law or for a son-in-law a document for burial only. And anyone who does other than this will be liable for a fine to Dushara the god of our lord in the sum of five hundred Haretite sela’s and to our lord for the same amount according to the copy of this deposited in the temple of Qaysha. In the month of Nisan the fortieth year of Haretat King of the Nabataeans lover of his people. Ruma and ‘Abd’obodat the masons.”

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