AGK-Grk 1

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Siglum
AGK-Grk 1
Transliteration
ΤΑΕΝΟΣ ΚΕΣΕΜΑΝΟΥ
ΕΓΡΨ[[Ε]][[Ε]]
Al-Jallad 2022c
Translation
Taenos son of Kesemanos wrote
Al-Jallad 2022c
Language and Script
Greek/Greek

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus

Al-Jallad, et al. 2020: εσραθ for εγρψεε.

Commentary

The original reading of εσραθ was based on the poor quality photographs provided by the original field collectors. The inscription was redocumented by Al-Jallad (BES19s mission), which produced high resolution images and the possibilty of studying the text on the rock. This resulted in the correct reading provided in Al-Jallad 2022c. 

The Greek transcribes the name ẓʿn bn kḥs¹mn, the same man who authored AGK 3 and probably 1. The Greek verb is garbled. He is clearly attempting to write the 3rd singular aorist ἔγραψε, but omits the Alpha between the Rho and Psi and then attempts to turn the final Epsilon into an Alpha. Realizing this is impossible, he lightly scratches the Epsilon again.

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 (left to right)

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
Subject
Genealogy
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Updated 13 Apr, 2025 by Ahmad Al-Jallad

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Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'AGK-Grk 1.' OCIANA. 13 Apr, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/44208. Accessed: 30 May, 2025.