WH 621

Text Information

Siglum
WH 621
Transliteration
l qymt bn mrʾʿzy
OCIANA
Translation
By Qymt son of Mrʾʿzy
OCIANA
Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Commentary

This author carved a number of inscriptions (WH 621, 627, 1777, 3820, Jawa76M 11). In 621 and 627 his father's name is spelt mrʾʿzy, while in WH 1777, 3820 and Jawa76M 11 it is spelt more correctly as mrʾ-hʿzy See WH's commentary to this text and Macdonald 1993: 348 n. 288: on names with ʿzy in Safaitic and Nabataean.

Field Collector
Fred V. Winnettt & Gerald Lankester Harding

Technique
chiselled
Direction of Script
right to left

  • [WH] Winnett, F.V. & Harding, G.L. Inscriptions from Fifty Safaitic Cairns. (Near and Middle East Series, 9). Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1978.
Site
WH Cairn 9B, Al-Mafraq Governorate, Jordan
Date Found
1958–1959
Current Location
In situ
Subject
Genealogy
Old OCIANA ID
#0011403
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Updated 25 Apr, 2025 by Michael Macdonald

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Macdonald, Michael. 'WH 621.' OCIANA. 25 Apr, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/33984. Accessed: 17 Jun, 2025.