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IM Reference 1709

Attestation
ⲙⲱⲏⲥⲏⲥ
Translation
Mouses / Moisis / Mōēsēs
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament prophet and lawgiver; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
347
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Mina 267
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
601762: Moisis
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
10684: Mouses
Name variant
54389: ⲙⲱⲏⲥⲏⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
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IM Reference 1710

Attestation
ⲡⲣⲓⲙⲕ
Translation
Primk
Description
perhaps Latin name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, for a man
Text
348
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Mina 268
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.14: Name: foreign (?) (Latin?), male (?), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.14:
- gender: male
Person
601763: Primk
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201993: Primk
Name variant
301993: ⲡⲣⲓⲙⲕ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1711

Attestation
ⲁⲩⲗⲱⲥⲉ
Translation
Aulose / Aulōse
Description
Nubian name meaning 'save (me)!'; attested only once, for a woman
Text
401
Provenance
Ginari (?)
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Louvre Greek 113, pl. 66
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.132: Name: local (Nubian), Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.132:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
107528: Aulose
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
32504: Aulose
Name variant
300614: ⲁⲩⲗⲱⲥⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1712

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Maria
Description
Greco-Semitic female name deriving from Mary Mother of God
Text
402
Provenance
Ginari (?)
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Louvre Greek 111, pl. 64
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.53: Name: foreign (Greco-Semitic), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.53:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
107526: Maria
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
22425: Maria
Name variant
54292: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1713

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲑⲁ
Translation
Martha
Description
Aramaic female name meaning 'mistress', deriving from Martha of Bethany, follower of Jesus
Text
406
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
Łajtar 1994b, pp. 58–9, fig. 2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.40: Name: foreign (Aramaic), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.40:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
601766: Martha
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
10510: Martha
Name variant
54288: ⲙⲁⲣⲑⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1714

Attestation
ⲧⲟⲩⲃ
Translation
Ṭūba / Tuba / Toub
Description
Arabic female name meaning either 'goodness, bliss' or 'garment, dress'; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
408
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 123)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 4.
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
601767: Touba
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200015: Ṭūba
Name variant
300015: ⲧⲟⲩⲃ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1715

Attestation
ⲉⲩⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Eustephanos / Eustephanou
Description
Greek name meaning 'graced with beauteous garlands'; attested only once, for a woman, but the form is ambiguous
Text
409
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 124)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.119: Name: local (Greek), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.119:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601768: Eustephanos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200999: Eustephanos
Name variant
300999: ⲉⲩⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1716

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱⲥⲏⲫ
Translation
Ioseph / Iōsēph
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Ioseph, husband of Mary; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
410
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 193)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
601769: Ioseph
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3467: Ioseph
Name variant
53829: ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1717

Attestation
ⲓⲭⲓⲗⲟⲥ
Translation
Ichilos
Description
perhaps Greek name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, for a man
Text
411
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 208)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 5.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.12: Name: foreign (?) (Greek?), male, unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.12:
- gender: male
Person
601770: Ichilos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201189: Ichilos
Name variant
301189: ⲓⲭⲓⲗⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1718

Attestation
ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Christophoros
Description
Greek male name meaning 'bearing Christ', deriving from St Christophoros; attested thrice in Nubia, for 3 men
Text
412
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 246)
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
601771: Christophoros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
12928: Christophoros
Name variant
55666: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1719

Attestation
ⲁⲛⲛⲁ
Translation
Anna
Description
Hebrew female name of New Testament origin deriving from the mother of the Virgin Mary; the name is female, but at least once in Nubia attested for a man
Text
416
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 269)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.68: Name: foreign (Hebrew), unisex, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.68:
- religion: Christian
Person
601772: Anna
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
2046: Anna
Name variant
52792: ⲁⲛⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1720

Attestation
ⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ
Translation
Sophia
Description
Greek female name meaning 'wisdom', deriving from 3rd-c. Egyptian martyr; attested thrice in Nubia, only for women
Text
418
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 47 (grave 270?)
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
601773: Sophia
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
12241: Sophia
Name variant
55268: ⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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