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Name
foreign (?) (Arabic?), male (?)
foreign (?) (Arabic?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious (?)
foreign (?) (Blemmyan/Beja?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), female, unknown character
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), male (?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), non-religious (?)
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Greek?), female, unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), male, unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Greek?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Hebrew?), male (?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Latin?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), Christian
foreign (?) (Semitic?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Semitic?), female (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), unknown character
foreign (?) (non-Nubian?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (non-Nubian?), unknown character
foreign (Arabic or Blemmyan/Beja), female, unknown character
foreign (Arabic) male kunya, Islamic
foreign (Arabic) unisex, Muslim (?)
foreign (Arabic), female kunya, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), female, Muslim
foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious, indicates filiation
foreign (Arabic), female, unknown character
foreign (Arabic), male kunya, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim, indicates filiation
foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
foreign (Arabic), male, religious character
foreign (Arabic), male, unknown character
foreign (Arabic), non-religious
foreign (Arabic), unisex, non-religious
foreign (Arabic/Beja), male, non-religious, indicates filiation and ethnos
foreign (Arabicised Hebrew), male, Muslim (?)
foreign (Aramaic), female, Christian
foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
foreign (Aramaic), male, Christian
foreign (Aramaic), uncertain character
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), male (?),non-religious, indicates filiation
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), non-religious
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious
foreign (Egyptian), female, Christian (?)
foreign (Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (Egyptian), male, non-religious
foreign (Egyptian?), female, unknown character
foreign (Greco-Egyptian), female, Christian
foreign (Greco-Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (Greco-Latin), male, Christian
foreign (Greco-Semitic), female, Christian
foreign (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
foreign (Greek), Christian
foreign (Greek), female, Christian
foreign (Greek), female, non-religious
foreign (Greek), male, Christian
foreign (Greek), male, Christian (?)
foreign (Greek), male, non-religious
foreign (Greek), male, unknown character
foreign (Greek), unisex, Christian
foreign (Greek), unisex, non-religious
foreign (Greek), unknown character
foreign (Hebrew), female, Biblical
foreign (Hebrew), female, Christian
foreign (Hebrew), male, Biblical
foreign (Hebrew), male, Christian
foreign (Hebrew), unisex, Christian
foreign (Latin), female, Christian
foreign (Latin), female, non-religious
foreign (Latin), male, Christian
foreign (Latin), male, non-religious
foreign (Latin), male, unknown character
foreign (Persian), male, Christian
foreign (Semitic), Christian
foreign (Semitic), female, Christian (?)
foreign (Semitic?), unknown character
foreign (Semito-Egyptian), female, Christian
foreign (Semito-Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (non-Nubian), unknown character
foreign, Christian
ghost-name
local (?) (Arabic?), non-religious
local (?) (Egyptian), non-religious
local (?) (Egyptian?), non-religious
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), non-religious
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), non-religious, indicates origin
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), unknown character
local (?) (Greek or Greco-Nubian?), Christian
local (?) (Greek), non-religious
local (?) (Greek?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Greek?), unknown character
local (?) (Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), female (?), non-religious (?), indicates filiation (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), female (?), unknown character
local (?) (Nubian?), male (?), non-religious (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), male (?), non-religious (?), indicates filiation (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), non-religious
local (?) (Nubian?), unknown character
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), Christian
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), unknown character
local (Arabic), Christian
local (Greco-Egyptian), female, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), Christian (?)
local (Greco-Nubian), female, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), male, non-religious
local (Greco-Nubian), non-religious
local (Greco-Nubian), unknown character
local (Greco-Semitic), Christian
local (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
local (Greco?-Nubian), male, unknown character, indicates filiation
local (Greek or Nubian), non-religious
local (Greek) male, unknown character
local (Greek), Christian
local (Greek), Christian (?)
local (Greek), female, Christian
local (Greek), female, non-religious
local (Greek), male, Christian
local (Greek), male, non-religious
local (Greek), non-religious
local (Hebrew), Christian
local (Latino-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Makurian), Christian
local (Makurian), male, Christian
local (Makurian), male, non-religious
local (Makurian), male, unknown character
local (Makurian), non-religious
local (Nubian or Greco-Nubian), male, unknown character
local (Nubian or Greco-Nubian), unknown character
local (Nubian or Semito-Nubian), male, Christian (?)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Arabic)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Aramaic)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), non-religious
local (Nubian), Christian
local (Nubian), Christian (?)
local (Nubian), female (?), non-religious
local (Nubian), female, non-religious
local (Nubian), female, non-religious, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious
local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious, indicates filiation (?)
local (Nubian), male (?), unknown character
local (Nubian), male, Christian
local (Nubian), male, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male, non-religious
local (Nubian), male, non-religious, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male, unknown character
local (Nubian), male, unknown character, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), non-religious
local (Nubian), non-religious, describes physical appearance
local (Nubian), non-religious, indicates origin
local (Nubian), unisex, non-religious
local (Nubian), unknown character
local (Semito-Nubian) male, uncertain character
local (Semito-Nubian), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female (?), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Semito-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), male, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Semito-Nubian), unisex, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian: Makurian), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian (?)
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian (?), indicates filiation
local (Semito?-Nubian: Makurian), male, Christian
unidentified
unidentified, Christian (?)
Function
civil (?), high-ranking (?)
civil (?), high-ranking (?), local
civil (?), low-ranking (?)
civil (?), low-ranking (?), local (?)
civil (?), mid-ranking (?), local
civil (?), unidentified
civil (or honorific title)
civil, high-ranking
civil, high-ranking (?)
civil, high-ranking (?), local
civil, high-ranking, central
civil, high-ranking, local
civil, low-ranking
civil, low-ranking (?), local
civil, low-ranking, central (?)
civil, low-ranking, local
civil, low-ranking, local (or filiation marker)
civil, mid-ranking
civil, mid-ranking (?)
civil, mid-ranking (?), central
civil, mid-ranking (?), local
civil, mid-ranking, local
ecclesiastic (?), unidentified
ecclesiastic or monastic, unidentified
ecclesiastic, high
ecclesiastic, highest
ecclesiastic, highest (?)
ecclesiastic, lower
ecclesiastic, lower (?)
ecclesiastic, lower, female
ecclesiastic, mid-ranking
ecclesiastic, unidentified
military (?)
military (?), naval
monastic
monastic, high
monastic, highest
monastic, lower
monastic, unidentified
royal (?), female (?)
royal, female
royal, male
uncertain (civil or military)
uncertain (ecclesiastic or civil)
uncertain (monastic, ecclesiastic, or civil)
unidentified (function or title)
Title of address
ecclesiastic, male
lay, male
monastic, female
monastic, male
monastic, male, high
unidentified, male, high (?)
Epithet
civil, high
ecclesiastic, high
excellence, male
modesty, male
patronage, Christian
religious, Christian
religious, Muslim
royal (?)
royal, Christian
royal, Christian or high ecclesiastic
royal, non-religious
special
Family relation
ancestor 1 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 2 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 3 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 4 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 5 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 6 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 7 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 8 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 9 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 10 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 11 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 12 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor of so-and-so
aunt of so-and-so
brother of so-and-so
child of so-and-so
child-in-law of so-and-so
daughter of so-and-so
descendant 1 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 1 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 2 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 2 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 3 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 3 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 4 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 4 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 5 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 5 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 6 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 6 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 7 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 7 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 8 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 8 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 9 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 9 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 10 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 10 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 11 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 11 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 12 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 12 (m) of so-and-so
descendant of so-and-so
father of so-and-so
granddaughter of so-and-so
grandfather of so-and-so
grandmother of so-and-so
grandparent of so-and-so
grandson of so-and-so
great granddaughter of so-and-so
great grandfather of so-and-so
great grandmother of so-and-so
great grandparent of so-and-so
great grandson of so-and-so
husband of so-and-so
mother of so-and-so
nephew of so-and-so
parent of so-and-so
sibling of so-and-so
sister of so-and-so
son of so-and-so
spouse of so-and-so
uncle of so-and-so
wife of so-and-so
Origin
place (Egypt)
place (Egypt?)
place (Makuria)
place (Nobadia)
place (Nubia)
place (Nubia?)
place (South Arabia)
tribe/clan (Arabic-speaking)
tribe/clan (Nubian?)
Occupation
construction works
crafts
intellectual, Muslim
physical
Social status
owner, female
owner, male
patron, female
patron, male
protégé, female
protégé, male
slave
slave, female
slave, male
Name variant id
Name variant
Name id
Name
Identities
values:
gender
female
male
unknown
religion
Catholic
Christian
Muslim
unknown
ethnic/regional
Alwan
Arabic or Blemmyan/Beja
Arabic-speaking
Blemmyan/Beja
Blemmyan/Beja-Nubian
Egyptian
non-Nubian
Nubian
Nubian: Makurian
Nubian: Nobadian
Nubian or Arabic
Nubian or Blemmyan
family relation
ancestor
aunt
brother
child
child-in-law
daughter
descendant
father
father-in-law
grandchild
granddaughter
grandfather
grandmother
grandparent
grandson
great granddaughter
great grandfather
great grandmother
great grandparent
great grandson
husband
mother
nephew
niece
parent
sibling
sister
son
spouse
uncle
wife
social status
commoner
elite
slave
wealthy
social function
civil officer
civil or military officer
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastic or civil
ecclesiastic/monastic
military officer
monastic
ruling family
working class
physical appearance
Person id
Person
Text id
Text provenance
values:
4th Cataract
Abd el-Qadir
Abdallah-n Irqi
Abkanarti
Abkur
Abu Haraz
Abu Oda
Adindan
Akasha-West
Aksha
Amada
Amantogo
Amara
Aniba
Argin
Arminna
Arminna West
Ashkeit area
Ashkeit area, Bintibirra hill
Askut
Aswan
Attiri
Bakhit
Banganarti
Bauga
Begrawiya
Biga
Boni Island
Dakka (Pselchis)
Dar el-Arab
Debeiba
Debeira West
Debod
Dendur
Derr
Diffinarti
Dongola
Edfu
el-Arak
el-Doma
el-Donga
el-Fereikha
el-Ganaet(i)
el-Khandaq
el-Koro
el-Ramal
el-Usheir
el-Zuma
Fagirinfenti
Faras
Faras (Colasucia)
Figirantawu (Gendal Irqi)
Ganetti
Gebaliya Island
Gebel Abu Negila
Gebel Adda
Gebel Audun
Gebel Barkal
Gebel Ghaddar
Gebel Gorgod
Gebel Noh/Kajbar
Geteina
Gezira Dabarosa
Ghazali
Ginari
Gindinarri
Goshabi
Goz Regeb
Hag Magid
Hamadab
Hambukol
Hannek
Hindawi
Ikhmindi
Kalabsha
Kalabsha (Beit el-Wali)
Karanog
Karmel
Kasanarti
Kasanarti Island
Kasingar
Kenisa
Kertassi
Khalewa
Khor Dam el-Tor
Kirbekan
Kolotod
Komangana
Kor
Korosko East
Koya
Kudi
Kulb
Kulme island
Kulubnarti
Masida (Miseeda)
Masmas, Khor Kokmar
Masmas, Nag’ Sawesra
Meili Island
Meinarti
Meroe
Merowi East
Meshantawwo / Ukma-West
Missiminia
Mograt Island
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Mushu (Mesho)
Nag’ el-Arab
Nag’ el-Oqba
Nag’ el-Sheikh Sharaf
Nag’ el-Sheima
Nag’ Marsa Kuleig = Nag’ el-Gama
Nauri
Nawi
Nilwatti Island
not Nubian
Nuri
Ofedunia (Maharraqa)
Qasr Ibrim
Qasr Ibrim – Faras region
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Qasr Iko
Qasr Wadi Nimri
Qasr el-Wizz
Qasr’antawu (Gemai-West)
Qena
Qustul
Sabagura
Sagiet el-Abd
Sahaba
Sai
Sakinya
Sedeinga
Selib
Semna
Serra
Serra-East
Serra-West
Sheikh Arab Hag
Sheikh Daud
Sheikh Gebel
Sheima Amalika
Shirgondinarti Island
Sinesra
Soba
Sonqi Tino
Suegi-East
Sunnarti
Sur Island
Tafa
Tafa / Bab Kalabsha
Tafa – Kalabsha region
Tamit
Tangasi Island
Teiti
Tokor
Tondi
Toshkei
Tunkid
Turkab
Ukma
Ukma-East
Ukma-West
Umm Qatatia
Umm Ruweim
Umm Usher Island
unknown
Us Island
Wadi Halfa
Wadi el-Natrun
Wadi el-Sebua
Text region
values:
Alwa
Butana
Egypt
Kordofan
Makuria
Nobadia
unknown
Date
contains
strict
non-strict
Text type
values:
acclamation
alphabet
catalogue
colophon
commemorative inscription
date
dedicatory inscription
document
document: economic
document: legal
document: letter
document: list
document: official
epitaph
foundation inscription
invocation
legend
literary
literary: apocryphal
literary: biblical
literary: hagiographic
literary: homiletic
literary: patristic
liturgical
liturgical: hymn
liturgical: lectionary
liturgical: prayer
name
name of divine entity/saint
official inscription
other
owner's inscription
private prayer
school exercise
subliterary
subliterary: catalogue of names
subliterary: horoscope
subliterary: magical
tag
unidentified
visitor's inscription
Text language
values:
Arabic
Coptic
Coptic or Greek
Coptic or Old Nubian
Greek
Greek/Coptic
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Greek/Old Nubian
Old Nubian
Old Nubian & Arabic
Old Nubian/Coptic
Provençal
Syriac
unidentified
IMRef linguistic context
values:
Arabic
Coptic
Greek
Greek/Coptic
Greek/Old Nubian
Old Nubian
Provençal
unidentified
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1466
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Sonqi Tino
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1000–1399
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Greek
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Name
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ⲇⲉϣϣⲓ
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1467
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Faras
/
1005–1036
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Greek
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Name
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[ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ]
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1468
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Merowe East (?)
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700–999
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Greek
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Name
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ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲁ
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600–899
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IM Reference 1466
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲇⲉϣϣⲓ
Translation
Deshshi
Description
Nubian name perhaps connected with ⲇⲉⲥⲥ-, 'green'; attested twice, for a single man
Text
2903
Provenance
Sonqi Tino
Date
1000–1399
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2
Latest edition
unpublished; in preparation by Sonqi Tino Collaborative; mentioned in Donadoni 1975, p. 35
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
601509: Deshshi
Role
author
Name
200772: Deshshi
Name variant
300772: ⲇⲉϣϣⲓ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1467
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
[ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ]
Translation
Marianos / Marianou
Description
Greco-Semitic male name deriving from the name of Mary Mother of God
Text
1845
Provenance
Faras
Date
1005–1036
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 321 + fig. (no. 99)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.54: Name: foreign (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.54:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
110479: Marianos
Role
commemorated person
Name
7120: Marianos
Name variant
301455: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
Full-size image
IM Reference 1468
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲁ
Translation
Christina
Description
Greek female name deriving from the figure of the 3rd-century martyr of Tyre; attested twice in Nubia, for 2 women
Text
20
Provenance
Merowe East (?)
Date
700–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 30, pl. 29
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
601511: Christina
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
27311: Christine
Name variant
302335: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1469
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲁ̣[ⲛ]ⲑⲉⲗⲓⲁ
Translation
Anthelia
Description
Greek name of unknown etymology; attested only once, for a woman
Text
41
Provenance
Faras
Date
600–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 12, pl. 8
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.62: Name: foreign (Greek), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
Person
601512: Anthelia
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
8542: Antheria
Name variant
300462: ⲁⲛⲑⲉⲗⲓⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1470
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲧⲓⲣⲥⲁⲕⲟⲩⲛⲓ
Translation
Tirsakouni
Description
most probably Nubian name, but etymology unclear; attested only once, for a man
Text
55
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 77
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.151: Name: local (Nubian), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.151:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601513: Tirsakouni
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
202251: Tirsakouni
Name variant
302251: ⲧⲓⲣⲥⲁⲕⲟⲩⲛⲓ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
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IM Reference 1471
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Attestation
ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ
Translation
Pisrael / Pisraēl
Description
Semito-Egyptian male name deriving from the name of the Promised Land or the second name of Patriarch Jacob
Text
151
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Mina 59
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.82: Name: foreign (Semito-Egyptian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.82:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
601514: Pisrael
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
14326: Pisrael
Name variant
54943: ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1472
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲥⲓ̈ⲡⲉⲗⲁ
Translation
Sibilla / Sipela
Description
Latin female name; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
161
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Mina 71
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.73: Name: foreign (Latin), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.73:
- gender: female
Person
601515: Sipela
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5753: Sibilla
Name variant
302068: ⲥⲓⲡⲉⲗⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1473
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Illustration
Attestation
ⲭⲣⲩⲥⲟⲗⲏ
Translation
Chrysolithos / Chrisoli / Chrusolē
Description
Greek name meaning 'topaz'; not used outside Nubia; attested twice, for 2 women
Text
325
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Mina 245
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.117: Name: local (Greek), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.117:
- gender: female
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601516: Chrisoli
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
202333: Chrysolithos
Name variant
302340: ⲭⲣⲩⲥⲟⲗⲏ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1474
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Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙ
Translation
Mariam
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from Mary Mother of God; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
346
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Mina 266
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
The text uses the feminie form ⲧⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ, but it consistently applies 3rd person singular pronoun to refer to the deceased (ⲙⲙⲟϥ, ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ, ⲛⲁϥ).
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.65: Name: foreign (Hebrew), female, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.65:
- gender: female
Person
601517: Mariam
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3963: Mariam
Name variant
54293: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1475
Stable url
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Illustration
Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲉⲫⲑⲁ
Translation
Iephtha
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from one of the Old Testament judges of Israel; attested only once in Nubia for a man
Text
350
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Mina 270
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
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
601518: Iephtha
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201075: Iephthah
Name variant
301075: ⲓⲉⲫⲑⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1476
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲥⲓ̈ⲱⲛ
Translation
Sion / Siōn
Description
Greek unisex name, hypocoristic for Jerusalem; attested 6 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
413
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 249)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 6.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
601519: Sion
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
8652: Sion
Name variant
55227: ⲥⲓⲱⲛ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 1477
Stable url
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Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩ
Translation
Marres / Marou
Description
perhaps variant of the Egyptian name Marres, but the name is masculine and the Nubian attestation belongs to a woman
Text
425
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 47 (grave 397)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.8: Name: foreign (?) (Egyptian?), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
Person
601520: Marou
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
443: Marres
Name variant
54310: ⲙⲁⲣⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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