IGN95

IGN95

Tomb IGN95 features two rows of crowsteps, an attic, and a plain architrave crowned by a torus moulding. The facade’s upper section includes a drainage channel. The entrance is simple, with a slight misalignment, and is elevated approximately 2 meters above ground level. An inscription in the right cleaning trench mentions the builder and stonecutter. The interior consists of a rectangular main chamber with nine burial cells and five pit tombs, two of which are external.

IGN95

Processing techniques

Axe, Pick, Point chisel

Materials

Sandstone, Mortar (burial cells)

Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. II Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 pp.158-159

Les tombeaux nabatéens de Hegra vol. I Nehmé L. Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres Paris 2015 p.148

Inscription

šlm krnw bny’ br ‘bd bdt psl’ – “May Karnu, the builder, son of ‘Abd’ubdat the stonecutter, be safe.”

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