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IM Reference 3172

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
83
Provenance
Meinarti (?)
Date
27 November 1181
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
25
Latest edition
I. Louvre Greek 115, pl. 67
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Papasa is recorded under three numbers in TM People: 107535, 107541, and 107546.
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
107535: Papasa
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
33404: Papasa
Name variant
65285: ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3173

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ̇ⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Marianos / Marianou
Description
Greco-Semitic male name deriving from the name of Mary Mother of God
Text
91
Provenance
unknown
Date
27 December 1156
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
21
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 9
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
395545: Marianos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
7120: Marianos
Name variant
2499: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3174

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱ︦ⲩ̄
Translation
Ioannes / Iōu
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
91
Provenance
unknown
Date
27 December 1156
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
21
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 9
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
603287: Ioannes
Role
scribe (?)
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
301214: ⲓⲱⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3175

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩ
Translation
Petros / Petrou
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Peter the Apostle
Text
97
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1150
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
26
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 190–195, fig. 69
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
This is Petros II.
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
601233: Petrou
Role
commemorated person
Name
5124: Petros
Name variant
54885: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3176

Attestation
ⲭⲁⲏⲗ
Translation
Chael / Chaēl
Description
Hebrew male name, hypocoristic of the name of Archangel Michael
Text
97
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1150
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 190–195, fig. 69
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
600378: Chael
Role
commemorated person
Name
12862: Chael
Name variant
55627: ⲭⲁⲏⲗ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3177

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
178
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
2 (Coptic)
Line
6
Latest edition
I. Mina 92, pl. III.2
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
602543: Elisabet
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
9242: Elisabet
Name variant
53291: ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3178

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Maria
Description
Greco-Semitic female name deriving from Mary Mother of God
Text
308
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
6–7
Latest edition
I. Mina 228
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
602596: Maria
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
22425: Maria
Name variant
54292: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3179

Attestation
ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲗⲓⲕⲟ
Translation
Michaelikol / Michaliko
Description
Semito-Nubian name meaning 'having (Archangel) Michael'; attested 5 times for 4 persons (2 men, 1 woman, 1 unmarked for gender)
Text
452
Provenance
Tamit
Date
1200–1499
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Donadoni 1967, pp. 67–8 (no. 15)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Judging by the fact that the majority of Nubianised names ending in -iko are female, we may suspect that Michaliko from this inscription was a woman too.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.170: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), unisex, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.170:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
603290: Michaliko
Role
commemorated person
Name
201624: Michaelikol
Name variant
302446: ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲗⲓⲕⲟ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3180

Attestation
ﺍحمد
Translation
Aḥmad / Ahmad
Description
male name of Arabic origin meaning 'he who is more laudable'
Text
494
Provenance
unknown
Date
23 July 916
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
Grohmann 1935, pp. 19–30, pls. 2–3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.28: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.28:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim
Person
603291: Aḥmad
Role
in filiation
Name
27263: Aḥmad
Name variant
300021: ﺍحمد
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3181

Attestation
ابرهيم
Translation
Abraham / Ibrahīm / Ibrahim
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; common in Abrahamic religions
Text
494
Provenance
unknown
Date
23 July 916
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
Grohmann 1935, pp. 19–30, pls. 2–3
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
603292: Ibrahīm
Role
in filiation
Name
1707: Abraham
Name variant
300032: ابرهيم
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3182

Attestation
ﻣﻌﻮﻳﺔ
Translation
Mu'awiya / Muawiya
Description
Arabic male name meaning 'the one who howls'
Text
494
Provenance
unknown
Date
23 July 916
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
Grohmann 1935, pp. 19–30, pls. 2–3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.31: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.31:
- gender: male
Person
603293: Mu'awiya
Role
in filiation
Name
202449: Mu'awiya
Name variant
302449: ﻣﻌﻮﻳﺔ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 3183

Attestation
ﻳﺤﻴﻰ
Translation
Yaḥyā / Yahya
Description
Hebrew male name Iohannes in the Arabicised variant
Text
494
Provenance
unknown
Date
23 July 916
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
Grohmann 1935, pp. 19–30, pls. 2–3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.67: Name: foreign (Arabicised Hebrew), male, Muslim (?)
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.67:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim?
Person
603294: Yaḥyā
Role
in filiation
Name
9601: Yaḥyā
Name variant
300404: ﻳﺤﻴﻰ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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