Abdʿobodat
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Abdʿobodat (Nabataean Arabic: عبدعبادة ʿbdʿbdt) son of Wahballahi , was a 1st century Nabataeans Arab Stonemason who worked in the city of Hegra (Mada'in Salih).
He is named by inscriptions on five of the grave facades typical of Hegra as the executing craftsman. On the basis of the inscriptions, four of the facades can be dated to the reigns of kings Aretas IV Philopatris and Malichus II. Abd'obodat was evidently a successful craftsman. He succeeded his father Wahballahi and his uncle Abdharetat in at least one workshop in the second generation of Nabatean architects. Abd'obodat is considered to be the main representative of one of the two main schools of the Nabataean stonemasons, to which his father, his uncle belonged.
Two more grave facades are assigned to the school on the basis of stylistic investigations; Abd'obodat is probably to be regarded as the stonemason who carried out the work. His son Aftah is considered the main representative of the second school.
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