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IM Reference 1430

Attestation
ⲡⲓⲟⲗⲗⲟ
Translation
Piol
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
2808
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1000–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 75, fig. 17
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
601469: Piol
Role
uncertain
Name
201969: Piol
Name variant
301969: ⲡⲓⲟⲗ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1431

Attestation
ⲡ̣ⲁⲡⲡⲉⲥⲁⲛⲓ
Translation
Papinpesa / Pappesa
Description
Nubian name probably meaning 'sibling of father'; attested thrice, once for a man, twice unmarked for gender
Text
2809
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1000–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 76, fig. 18
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.138: Name: local (Nubian), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.138:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600908: Pappesa
Role
person on list
Name
201872: Papinpesa
Name variant
301872: ⲡⲁⲡⲡⲉⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1432

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⳣⲁⲉⲓⲟ
Translation
Marwa
Description
Arabic female name meaning 'flint-stone'; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
2811
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1299
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 81, fig. 23
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading and interpretation of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 29b.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.23: Name: foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.23:
- gender: female
Person
601472: Marwa
Role
person on list
Name
201513: Marwa
Name variant
301513: ⲙⲁⲣⳣⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1433

Attestation
ⲃⲁ[ⲥ]ⲗ̣̄
Translation
Basileios / Basil
Description
Greek male name meaning 'royal' deriving from Saint Basil the Great, bishop of Cesarea (4th c.)
Text
2827
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1200–1299
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 84 (partial transcription and translation), fig. 26
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
601473: Basil
Role
in protocol
Name
2468: Basileios
Name variant
300287: ⲃⲁⲥⲗ̄
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1434

Attestation
ⲁ̇ⲛⲉⲛ
Translation
Ane
Description
Nubian name meaning 'speech'; attested 8 times, twice for men, the remaining ones unmarked for gender
Text
2829
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1100–1299
Language
Old Nubian & Arabic
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 86, fig. 28
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601474: Ane
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
202541: Ane
Name variant
302637: ⲁⲛⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1435

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱ̇ϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Translation
Ioannes / Iōhannēs
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
2831
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 88, fig. 30
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
As Ruffini points out in the commentary, it is possible that an Egyptian bishop is at stake, not Nubian.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.70: Name: foreign (Hebrew), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.70:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600627: Iohannes
Role
object of prayer
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53779: ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1436

Attestation
ⲟⲣⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲁⲇⲱⲕⲟ
Translation
Orinpapasa / Orpapasa
Description
Greco-Nubian name perhaps meaning 'bishop/father of the head'; attested 4 times, once for a man, thrice unmarked for gender
Text
2839
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1000–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 97, fig. 40
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.127: Name: local (Greco-Nubian), Christian (?)
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.127:
- religion: Christian?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601477: Orpapasa
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
201720: Orinpapasa
Name variant
301742: ⲟⲣⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1437

Attestation
ⲟ̇ⲕⲓⳝⲓⲛ
Translation
Okiji
Description
Nubian name meaning 'man'; attested only once, unmarked for gender, but the meaning strongly suggests male name
Text
2843
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 102, fig. 45
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.138: Name: local (Nubian), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.138:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601478: Okiji
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
201703: Okiji
Name variant
301703: ⲟⲕⲓⳝⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1438

Attestation
ⲇⲁⲣⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ
Translation
Darousou
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who exists'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
2844
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 103, fig. 46
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601479: Darousou
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
200747: Darousou
Name variant
300747: ⲇⲁⲣⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1439

Attestation
ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲁ
Translation
Papasa
Description
Greco-Nubian male name deriving from the Greek loanword ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ, 'bishop'; attested 21 times, out of which 13 for men, the remaining ones unmarked for gender
Text
2844
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 103, fig. 46
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
It is uncertain what the word ⲁⲥⲓⲟⳟⲁ[---] means, but since it stands after the name, where normally titles are placed, it can be assumed that this is Papasa'a title.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.107: Name: local (Greco-Nubian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.107:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601480: Papasa
Role
addressee of letter (?)
Name
33404: Papasa
Name variant
65285: ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1440

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲥⲁⲕⲏ
Translation
Isaak / Isaki / Eisakē
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2848
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1000–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 107, fig. 50
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.66: Name: foreign (Hebrew), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.66:
- gender: male
Person
601481: Isaki
Role
greeted in letter
Name
3437: Isaak
Name variant
300898: ⲉⲓⲥⲁⲕⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1441

Attestation
ⲙⲉ̣ⲣ̣ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ̣
Translation
Merkourios
Description
Latin name deriving from the general of Cappadocia, martyr under Decius
Text
2849
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 108, fig. 51
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
The context is too fragmentary to be certain whether a living person is at stake or a saint.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.72: Name: foreign (Latin), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.72:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
601482: Merkourios
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
10598: Merkourios
Name variant
54348: ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲟⲩⲣⲓⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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