AGK 1

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Siglum
AGK 1
Transliteration
[l ẓʿn] bn kḥs¹mn bn ẓnn ḏ ʾl kn w ʾs²rq s¹nt ngy ẓnn bn kḥs¹mn f h lt s¹lm
Al-Jallad 2022c
Translation
[By] [Ẓʿn] son of Kḥs¹mn son of Ẓnn of the lineage of Kn and he set off for the inner desert the year Ẓnn son of Kḥs¹mn was appointed (commander) so, O Lt, may he be secure
Al-Jallad 2022c
Language and Script
Safaitic 2

Interpretation

Commentary

The name ẓʿn is restored based on AGK 3 and AGK-Gr 1, as well as another text from the region in which the same author mentions the performance of military service, s¹rt; see Al-Jallad 2022c: 24. This suggests that ʾs²rq in the present context refers to a military expedition rather than a seasonal migration. 

Editio Princeps
Al-Jallad et al. 2020
Field Collector
Z. Al-Salameen, Y. Shdeifat and R. Ḥaraḥsheh

Technique
Incised
Direction of Script
Top to bottom

Associated Signs
cartouche
Associated Inscriptions

  • Al-Jallad, A. The Inscription of Ẓāʿen son of Keḥsemān and Knowledge of Greek Among the Nomads east of Ḥawrān, Adumatu, 23 (2022c): 23-28.
  • [AGK] Al-Jallad, A., Al-Salameen, Z., Shdeifat, Y., & Harahsheh, R. Gaius the Roman and the Kawnites: inscriptional evidence for Roman auxiliary units raised from the nomads of the ḥarrah. Pages 355–362 in P. M. M. G. Akkermans (ed.), Landscapes of Survival - The Archaeology and Epigraphy of Jordan’s North-Eastern Desert and Beyond. Leiden: Sidestone Press, 2020.
Site
Marabb al-Ghuṣayn, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
2017
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Date (s¹nt), Genealogy, Lineage (ancestor), Military, Movement, Prayer
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Updated 12 Apr, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'AGK 1.' OCIANA. 12 Apr, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44205. Accessed: 30 May, 2025.