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IM Reference 768

Attestation
ⲥⲁⲙⲥⲱ[ⲛ]
Translation
Samson / Samsōn
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament hero; attested 6 times in Nubia for 3 persons, one man, 2 unmarked for gender
Text
483
Provenance
Kalabsha
Date
700–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 55
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
243723: Samson
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
14330: Samson
Name variant
29452: ⲥⲁⲙⲥⲱⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 769

Attestation
ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍
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
631
Provenance
unknown
Date
800–899
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 450, pp. 214–15
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
103391: Ioannes
Role
scribe
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53801: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 770

Attestation
ⲓ̄ⲱ︦ⲩ
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
1874
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 23, fig. 27
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
600762: Ioannes
Role
person on list
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
301214: ⲓⲱⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 771

Attestation
ⲉⲩⲇⲟⲝⲓⲁ
Translation
Eudoxia
Description
Greek female name meaning 'good repute, honour', perhaps deriving from St Eudoxia from Kanopos; attested thrice in Nubia for a single woman
Text
629
Provenance
unknown
Date
700–899
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 448, pp. 211–12
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Eudoxia is recorded in TM People under three numbers: 101309, 105872, and 106547.
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
101309: Eudoxia
Role
party of deed (1st person)
Name
9337: Eudoxia
Name variant
53349: ⲉⲩⲇⲟⲝⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 772

Attestation
ⲇⲟⲩⲕⲁⲥⲓ
Translation
Doukasi
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'offering'; attested 5 times for 2 men
Text
1391
Provenance
unknown
Date
probably 900–1099
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
35
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
Browne 2004b, pp. 14–20
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.145: Name: local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.145:
- gender: male?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600764: Doukasi
Role
donor of codex
Name
200810: Doukasi
Name variant
300810: ⲇⲟⲩⲕⲁⲥⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 773

Attestation
ⲭⲁ̣ⲏ̣[ⲗ]
Translation
Chael / Chaēl
Description
Hebrew male name, hypocoristic of the name of Archangel Michael
Text
2637
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim – Faras region
Date
900–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
Richter 2013, pp. 153–4 (no. 70), pl. 40
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of of the name corrected in CIEN 1, no. 46.
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
600765: Chael
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
12862: Chael
Name variant
55627: ⲭⲁⲏⲗ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 774

Attestation
ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁ
Translation
Songoja
Description
Nubian name meaning 'songoj, eparch'; attested for 12 men and 1 woman
Text
582
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
P. QI 3 34 (i)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Interpretation of the name and title corrected in NOM 4, no. 5a.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.155: Name: local (Nubian), unisex, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.155:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600766: Songoja
Role
in protocol
Name
202116: Songoja
Name variant
302116: ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 775

Attestation
ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁ[ⲛ]ⲟⲥ
Translation
Stephanos
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
128
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10–11
Latest edition
I. Mina 36
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
600767: Stephanos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5863: Stephanos
Name variant
55289: ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 776

Attestation
ⲡⲁⲗⲁⲅⲓⲁ
Translation
Pelagia / Palagia
Description
Greek female name deriving from one of saints by this name, 5th-c. recluse of Jerusalem or 4th-c. martyr; attested thrice in Nubia
Text
385
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10–11
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 1200
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
600768: Palagia
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201798: Pelagia
Name variant
301799: ⲡⲁⲗⲁⲅⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 777

Attestation
ⲑⲉⲱⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Theodoros / Theōdōros
Description
Greek male name meaning 'gift of God' deriving from St Theodore Stratelates
Text
464
Provenance
Arminna
Date
600–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10–11
Latest edition
Junker 1925a, p. 150 (no. 1)
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
600769: Theodoros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5490: Theodoros
Name variant
53572: ⲑⲉⲱⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 778

Attestation
أبو‬ الحسين‮‬
Translation
Abū al-Ḥusayn / Abu al-Husayn
Description
Arabic male kunya meaning 'father of Ḥusayn'
Text
580
Provenance
Derr
Date
27 June 1186 or 25 August 1186
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
Abd al-Hamid 2013, p. 122, no. 1 (= TEI 8136)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.34: Name: foreign (Arabic) male kunya, Islamic
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.34:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim
- family: father
Person
600770: Abū al-Ḥusayn
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200054: Abū al-Ḥusayn
Name variant
300054: أبو‬ الحسين‮‬
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 779

Attestation
ⲙⲁϣϣⲟⲩⲇⲁ
Translation
Mashshouda
Description
Nubian name of unclear etymology, probably connected with 'sun'; attested 27 times, of which 22 times for men
Text
587
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1198–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10–11
Latest edition
P. QI 3 39, pl. 2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.138: Name: local (Nubian), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.138:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600170: Mashshouda
Role
party of deed (buyer)
Name
200113: Mashshouda
Name variant
301540: ⲙⲁϣϣⲟⲩⲇⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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