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Surroundings:

Qasr al BintInscription dedicated to Marcus AureliusNabatean textile fragmentHeadSundial with an Aramaic inscriptionSundial with an Aramaic inscriptionQasr Al FaridHegra, Qasr Al Saneh TombLate Neolithic-Chalcolithic tomb

Location:

  • Saudi Arabia, Madā’in Şāliḩ
  • geo:26.792786,37.95927
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • 5 / unknown

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=70252

Annotations

Tomb IX at Jebel al Mahjar complex has two inscriptions (one on the facade and the other inside. It contains 53 burial niches. According to the facade inscription that tomb was built for Hawshab ibn Nafi, a Taymanite (i.e. from Tayma) and his family in the 13th year of the reign of King Aretas IV ( i.e. 5 AD). The facade inscriptions gives a  warnig of punishment for everyone who would like to sell, use or buy the tomb.

See:

  1. Meda'in Saleh - Tomb Database, https://nabataea.net/explore/medain_saleh/medain-saleh-tomb-database/

Relevant museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums


Nearby

Jebel al Mahjar I

Tomb I in Jebel al-Mahjar. Hegra.

Jebel al Mahjar, Tomb of Husayk ibn Humayd

Nabatean rock-cut tomb no X.

al-Diwan

Nabatean tomb. Mada’in Saleh.


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