MDK 2

Image © Macdonald 2006
Siglum
MDK 2
Transliteration
l ʾs¹ bn ʾs¹
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Translation
By ʾs¹ son of ʾs¹
Michael C.A. Macdonald
Language and Script
Safaitic 4

Interpretation

Commentary

MDK 2 is on the (short) northern wall of Grave G2, above the small, rectangular, shallowly recessed panel shaped like a tabula ansata.

Editio Princeps
Macdonald 2006
Field Collector
Michael C.A. Macdonald

Technique
Carved
Direction of Script
Left to right

Associated Inscriptions

  • [MDK] Macdonald, M.C.A. Burial between the desert and the sown. Cave-tombs and inscriptions near Dayr al-Kahf in Jordan. Damaszener Mitteilungen 15, 2006 [2008]: 273-301.
Site
Dayr al-Kahf Tomb II, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
May 1981
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0036367
Updated 04 Aug, 2026 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

Cite this Site

Michael C.A. Macdonald, 'MDK 2,' ed. A. Al-Jallad and M.C.A. Macdonald, OCIANA, 04 Aug, 2026. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/41009. Accessed: 12 Aug, 2026.