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IM Reference 464

Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
2299
Provenance
Wadi el-Sebua
Date
900–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 20
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
600440: Mena
Role
author
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 465

Attestation
ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲩ
Translation
Kosmos / Kosmou
Description
Greek male name meaning 'order, decency'; attested twice in Nubia for a single person, unmarked for gender
Text
2299
Provenance
Wadi el-Sebua
Date
900–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 20
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.60: Name: foreign (Greek), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.60:
- gender: male
Person
600441: Kosmos
Role
in filiation
Name
3740: Kosmos
Name variant
2273: ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 466

Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
2300
Provenance
Wadi el-Sebua
Date
900–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 21
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
600440: Mena
Role
author
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 467

Attestation
ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ
Translation
Kosmos
Description
Greek male name meaning 'order, decency'; attested twice in Nubia for a single person, unmarked for gender
Text
2300
Provenance
Wadi el-Sebua
Date
900–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała forthcoming (b), no. 21
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.60: Name: foreign (Greek), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.60:
- gender: male
Person
600441: Kosmos
Role
in filiation
Name
3740: Kosmos
Name variant
2273: ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 468

Attestation
ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ
Translation
Mouses / Mousis / Mōusēs
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament prophet and lawgiver; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2301
Provenance
Derr
Date
600–1199
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Richter 2002, pp. 158–9
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
600444: Moisis
Role
author
Name
10684: Mouses
Name variant
54400: ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 469

Attestation
ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ
Translation
Iakob / Iakōb
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2305
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
400–699
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Mills 1982, p. 58 + fig., pl. 61
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
396255: Iakob
Role
addressee or sender of delivery (?)
Name
3386: Iakob
Name variant
53643: ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 470

Attestation
ⲥⲑ̣ⲉ⸌ⲫ⸍
Translation
Stephanos / Stheph( )
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Stephen the Protomartyr; attested 25 times, once unmarked for gneder, 21 times for men, and 3 times for women
Text
2312
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1100–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Łajtar 2015b, pp. 234, 238, 241–242
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name and title corrected in Łajtar 2015b, p. 234.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.63: Name: foreign (Greek), unisex, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.63:
- religion: Christian
Person
600446: Stephanos
Role
author (?)
Name
5863: Stephanos
Name variant
302054: ⲥⲑⲉ⸌ⲫ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 471

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Ioannes / Iōannou
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
2333
Provenance
Tamit
Date
1150–1250
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 158 (no. 34)
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
600447: Ioannou
Role
legend
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53803: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 472

Attestation
ϣⲩⲡ ̣ⲁ
Translation
Ship.a / Shup.a
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
2341
Provenance
Tamit
Date
1200–1399
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 162 (no. 45c)
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
600448: Ship.a
Role
author
Name
202362: Ship.a
Name variant
302362: ϣⲩⲡ.ⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 473

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲧⲛ̄ⲓⲙ
Translation
Matinim
Description
unidentified name; attested only once, for a man
Text
2350
Provenance
Diffinarti
Date
600–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 231, fig. 220
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
600449: Matinim
Role
author
Name
201528: Matinim
Name variant
301528: ⲙⲁⲧⲛ̄ⲓⲙ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 474

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲑⲁⲓ̈ⲛ
Translation
Mathain
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
2353
Provenance
Sai
Date
600–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 239 (no. 5)
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
126928: Mathain
Role
author
Name
201381: Mathain
Name variant
301381: ⲙⲁⲑⲁⲓⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 475

Attestation
ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲏ
Translation
Geori / Georē
Description
unidentified name, attested only once, for a man
Text
2354
Provenance
Sai
Date
600–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 239 (no. 6)
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
126929: Geori
Role
author
Name
35002: Geori
Name variant
68571: ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available