IGN98

IGN98

Tomb IGN98, located in sector IV of the Khuraymat necropolis, features a façade with two half-crowsteps, an Egyptian entablature, and a Greco-Roman entablature. The entrance is adorned with a plain tympanum and two pilasters flanked by half-columns, both eroded. The façade is preceded by an irregular terrace with a pit tomb covered in sand. A drainage channel at the top channels runoff water to the lateral trenches.

IGN98

Processing techniques

Axe, 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.162-164

The interior contains a rectangular main chamber with two burial cells and a burial niche, with angular recesses on the left and right sides. The interior displays orange veins and mortar remnants around the burial cells, likely used for sealing.

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