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IM Reference 4322

Attestation
ⲡⲣⲟⲙⲏⲥⲁ̣
Translation
Promisa / Promēsa
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
4131
Provenance
Banganarti
Date
1200–1399
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 959, fig. on p. 558, fig. 79
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
604252: Promisa
Role
author
Name
202938: Promisa
Name variant
303181: ⲡⲣⲟⲙⲏⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4323

Attestation
Thomas (monogram)
Translation
Thomas
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from Apostle Thomas
Text
4141
Provenance
Faras
Date
600–1399
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
monogram
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Griffith 1926, p. 91, pl. 44.21–2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.41: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.41:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
604253: Thomas
Role
owner (?)
Name
5597: Thomas
Name variant
300145: Thomas (monogram)
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
Griffith 1926, pl. 44.21
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Image
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IM Reference 4324

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟ
Translation
Petros / Petro
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Peter the Apostle
Text
979
Provenance
Kalabsha
Date
600–1499
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2023, pp. 63–65 (no. 2), fig. 2
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
243703: Petro
Role
in filiation
Name
5124: Petros
Name variant
54880: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4325

Attestation
ⲉⲓϣⲕⲗ̄
Translation
Ishkil / Eishkil
Description
Nubian name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
640
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
after 1280–before 1295
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4
Latest edition
P. QI 4 65, fig. 3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 18a.
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
604255: Ishkil
Role
party of deed (seller)
Name
202946: Ishkil
Name variant
303188: ⲉⲓϣⲕⲗ̄
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4327

Attestation
ⲍⲁⲏⲗ
Translation
Sael / Zaēl / Zail
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament figure of Mishael, one of Three Youths in the Fiery Furnace; attested only once in Nubia, unmarked for gender
Text
1444
Provenance
Sahaba
Date
700–1499
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Hellström 1970, I: p. 235; II: Corpus Y, no. 232:1 and pl. 157:5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 13.
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
604257: Zail
Role
in filiation
Name
27499: Sael
Name variant
56324: ⲍⲁⲏⲗ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4328

Attestation
ⲥⲓⲙ̄
Translation
Simon / Sim( )
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from one of the New Testamet figures thus called
Text
4148
Provenance
Teiti
Date
700–1199
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Smith 1998–2002, p. 162, fig. 3b
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
604258: Simon
Role
object of prayer
Name
5782: Simon (m.)
Name variant
303191: ⲥⲓⲙ̄
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4329

Attestation
ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲱⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ
Translation
Bartholomaios / Parthōlomeos
Description
Greco-Semitic male name deriving from Apostle Bartholomew; attested thrice in Nubia for 2 men
Text
79
Provenance
Faras
Date
18 January 1181
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
6
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 11 (photo available at http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=402799001&objectId=124274&partId=1)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading corrected by J. van der Vliet (pers. comm.).
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
110483: Partholomeos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
8963: Bartholomaios
Name variant
65288: ⲡⲁⲣⲑⲱⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4330

Attestation
ⲕⲟⲩⲥⲉⲓⲙⲉⲓⲁⲛ
Translation
Kousimia / Kouseimeia
Description
Nubian name perhaps deriving from ⲕⲟⲩⲥ-, 'to loosen'; attested only once, for a woman
Text
80
Provenance
Faras (Colasucia)
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8–9
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 12, fig. 12
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading corrected by J. van der Vliet (pers. comm.).
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
604259: Kousimia
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
202949: Kousimia
Name variant
303197: ⲕⲟⲩⲥⲉⲓⲙⲉⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4331

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲓⲛⲧⲁ
Translation
Iesousinta / Isousinta
Description
Semito-Nubian name meaning 'the path of Jesus'; attested 6 times, twice for women, the remaining ones unmarked for gender
Text
996
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
700–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 74
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.163: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), female (?), Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.163:
- gender: female?
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
604260: Isousinta
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
41134: Iesousinta
Name variant
303198: ⲓⲥⲟⲩⲥⲓⲛⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4332

Attestation
ⲟⲩⲗⲗⲟⲩ
Translation
Oullou
Description
Nubian name, perhaps meaning 'teacher'; attested only once, for a man
Text
4149
Provenance
Faras
Date
29 August 1021–28 August 1022
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2018, pp. 559–60 (no. 2), fig. 2
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
604261: Oullou
Role
author/object of prayer
Name
202950: Oullou
Name variant
303199: ⲟⲩⲗⲗⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4333

Attestation
ⲁ̣ⲛ̣⸌ⲧ⸍
Translation
Antonios / Ant( )
Description
Latin name most probably deriving from Antony the Great, monk of Egypt; attested 8 times in Nubia, 6 times for men, twice unmarked for gender
Text
4155
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
600–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; in preparation by G. Ochała
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
604262: Antonios
Role
owner
Name
2091: Antonios
Name variant
303200: ⲁⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4334

Attestation
[ⲃⲁ]ⲡ
Translation
Baptistes / Bap( )
Description
Greek male name deriving from St John the Baptist; attested 7 times for a single man
Text
4156
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
600–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; in preparation by G. Ochała
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.115: Name: local (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.115:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600476: Baptistes
Role
owner
Name
200647: Baptistes
Name variant
300647: ⲃⲁⲡ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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