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Hegra / Mada’in Saleh. Nabatean and Roman time Arabia

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Nabatean monumental tombs in Madâ’in Sâlih (northwest Saudi Arabia) were erected in the 1st century CE.

Madâ’in Sâlih monumental tombs
Source: The Nabataeans of Ancient Arabia, by James Wiener https://etc.worldhistory.org
After Charlène Bouchaud

Textile fragment from a tomb IGN 20 Photo © Mission archéologique Madâ’in Sâlih, after Charlène Bouchaud

IGN 20, dyed cloth, blue and yellow checked motif (50053_T27)
[Report 2008]
Red cloth wrapping burial 50068 in a tomb IGN 20.
After Yvonne Gerber [Report 2009]

“dyed cloth with bands of geometric motifs used to wrap the individual buried in pit SF1 (50068_T1)” [Report 2008]

A fragment of textile (50421_T03) found in tomb IGN 88
[Report 2014]
IGN 20, complete piece of hemstitched cloth (50045_T4)
[Report 2008]
IGN 20, dyed cloth, purple color (50066_T2)
[Report 2008]
Textile fragment unearthed at Mada’in Saleh in Saudi Arabia. (Photo: Courtesy of Dr. Nehmé.)
Source: The Nabataeans of Ancient Arabia, by James Wiener https://etc.worldhistory.org
Rope (50168_T01) found in locus 50168, tomb IGN 117
After Yvonne Gerber [Report 2009]
A fragment of thin roping (50411_T01) found in grave SF1, tomb IGN 103
[Report 2014]
IGN 20, woven strip (50053_T25)
[Report 2008]
IGN 20, leather strip with hemstitched geometric design (50045_L8)
[Report 2008]
IGN 20, square piece of leather with a hem (50041_L13)
[Report 2008]
A fragment of leather (50420_L03) found in tomb IGN 88
[Report 2014]
Goat or sheep (?) leather fragment 50054_L01 with junction leather strips discovered in a tomb in Madāʾin Ṣāliḥ.
Photo ©Laïla Nehmé
A bronze bracelet (50405_M01) found in a burial of a juvenile; grave SF9, tomb IGN 103
[Report 2014]
Glass beads, a burial of a juvenile; grave SF9, tomb IGN 103
[Report 2014]
A fragment of seed necklace (?) found encased in resin, 50420_V01. tomb IGN 103
[Report 2014]
A seed cut in half (photograph C. Bouchaud)
tomb IGN 103
[Report 2014]
Shells sewn onto pieces of leather, 50421_Sh01
tomb IGN 103
[Report 2014]
Shells sewn onto pieces of leather, detail of 50421_Sh01
tomb IGN 103
[Report 2014]
  1. Le bois et les fruits des tombeaux nabatéens de Madâ’in Sâlih/Hégra (Arabie Saoudite), Charlène Bouchaud https://www.academia.edu
  2. Sachet I., Delhopital N., “Area 5, Work in the Monumental Tombs”, dans Nehmé L., al Talhi D. and Villeneuve F. (dir.), Hegra I: Report on the First Excavation Season (2008) at Madâ’in Sâlih, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Supreme Commission for Tourism, p. 205-258. https://www.academia.edu
  3. Report on the second season (2009) of the Madâ’in Sâlih Archaeological Project, Yvonne Gerber https://www.academia.edu/69202530/Report_on_the_second_season_2009_of_the_Mad%C3%A2in_S%C3%A2lih_Archaeological_Project
  4. Report on the Fifth Season (2014) of the Madâ’in Sâlih Archaeological Project https://heritage.moc.gov.sa
  5. Laïla Nehmé, The camel in the Nabataean realm https://books.openedition.org/momeditions/8587
  6. New discoveries in a Nabataean tomb. Burial practices and ‘plant jewellery’ in ancient Hegra (Madâ’in Sâlih, Saudi Arabia) https://www.academia.edu