---
title: tombstone
framework: coredata
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: coredata/nspersistenthistorychange/tombstone
---

# tombstone

A dictionary of attributes marked for preservation after deletion, and their values when deleted.

## Declaration

```swift
var tombstone: [AnyHashable : Any]? { get }
```

## Mentioned in

Consuming relevant store changes

## Discussion

Discussion This value is expected on changes of type NSPersistentHistoryChangeType.delete.

## See Also

### Inspecting Change Details

- [changeID](coredata/nspersistenthistorychange/changeid.md)
- [changeType](coredata/nspersistenthistorychange/changetype.md)
- [NSPersistentHistoryChangeType](coredata/nspersistenthistorychangetype.md)
- [changedObjectID](coredata/nspersistenthistorychange/changedobjectid.md)
- [transaction](coredata/nspersistenthistorychange/transaction.md)
- [updatedProperties](coredata/nspersistenthistorychange/updatedproperties.md)