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IM Reference 2048

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
337
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Mina 257
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
602113: Anna
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
2046: Anna
Name variant
52792: ⲁⲛⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2049

Attestation
ⲡⲟϣϣⲁ
Translation
Poshsha
Description
perhaps Nubian name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, for a man
Text
338
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Mina 258
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.100: Name: local (?) (Nubian?), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.100:
- ethnic regional: Nubian?
Person
602114: Poshsha
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201983: Poshsha
Name variant
301983: ⲡⲟϣϣⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2050

Attestation
ⲇⲓⲟⲥⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Dioskoros
Description
Greek male name deriving from an Egyptian martyr under Decian, either monk and bishop of Hermopolis Parva, d. 402/3, or martyr of Kynopolis, d. ca. 305; attested 5 times in Nubia, for 5 men
Text
340
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Mina 260
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
602115: Dioskoros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
2828: Dioskoros
Name variant
53200: ⲇⲓⲟⲥⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2051

Attestation
ⲛⲁⲥⲣⲁⲛⲏ
Translation
Nasrani / Nasranē
Description
Arabic name meaning 'Christian (m.)'; attested only once, for a woman
Text
353
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Mina 273
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.104: Name: local (Arabic), Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.104:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
602116: Nasrani
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201678: Naṣrānī
Name variant
301678: ⲛⲁⲥⲣⲁⲛⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2052

Attestation
ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ
Translation
Zacharias / Zacharias
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from either an Old Testament figure (prophet or king of Judah) or the New Testament one (father of John the Baptist); common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
355
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Mina 275
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
602117: Zacharias
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
6440: Zacharias
Name variant
53404: ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2053

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Maria
Description
Greco-Semitic female name deriving from Mary Mother of God
Text
360
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 1202
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
450128: Maria
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
22425: Maria
Name variant
54292: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2054

Attestation
ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Kyria / Kuria
Description
Greek female name meaning 'lady, mistress'; attested twice in Nubia for 2 women
Text
414
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 254)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.59: Name: foreign (Greek), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.59:
- gender: female
Person
602119: Kyria
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
10038: Kyria
Name variant
54070: ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2055

Attestation
ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ
Translation
Elisabet
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from the New Testament figure of mother of John the Baptist; attested only for women in Nubia
Text
420
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
Łajtar 1994b, pp. 56–8, fig. 1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.69: Name: foreign (Hebrew), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.69:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
602120: Elisabet
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
9242: Elisabet
Name variant
53291: ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2056

Attestation
ⲁⲣⲱⲛ
Translation
Aaron / Arōn
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament figure, brother of Moses; common in Abrahamic religion
Text
424
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 47 (grave 374)
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
602121: Aron
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
8275: Aaron
Name variant
52920: ⲁⲣⲱⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2057

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲱⲓⲛⲓⲁ
Translation
Petronia / Petrōinia
Description
Latin name, female form of Petronius; attested 5 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
444
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 50 (debris)
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
602122: Petronia
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
11563: Petronia
Name variant
301963: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲱⲓⲛⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2058

Attestation
ⲧⲓⲇⲉⲱⲛ
Translation
Tideon / Tideōn
Description
unidentified name; attested only once, for a man
Text
453
Provenance
Tamit
Date
6 March 898
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
Donadoni 1967, pp. 72–3 (no. 34), pl. 24, 1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
602123: Tideon
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
202244: Tideon
Name variant
302244: ⲧⲓⲇⲉⲱⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2059

Attestation
ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Christophoria
Description
Greek female name meaning 'bearing Christ', deriving from St Christophoros; attested twice in Nubia, for 2 women
Text
460
Provenance
Arminna
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 37
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
The gender of the deceased is doubtless, althought the redactor of the stela used masculine pronoun in the latter part of the stela (ⲧⲏⲛ ⲯⲩⲭⲏⲛ ⲁⲩⲧⲟⲩ).
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
243307: Christophoria
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
12926: Christophoria
Name variant
55665: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲫⲟⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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