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IM Reference 780

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲥⲙⲁ̣ⲉⲗ̄ⲅⲟⲥⲛ̄
Translation
Isma'īl / Ismail / Eismaeil
Description
Hebrew male name deriving the Old Testament figure, Abraham's firstborn son; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
637
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
circa 1268–before 1276
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10–11
Latest edition
P. QI 4 67, fig. 5
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
600772: Ismail
Role
uncertain
Name
3459: Isma'īl
Name variant
300905: ⲉⲓⲥⲙⲁⲉⲗ̄
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 781

Attestation
فاطمة
Translation
Fāṭima / Fatima
Description
Arabic female name meaning 'child who has been weaned off breast milk', deriving from daughter of the Prophet, wife of 'Alī
Text
573
Provenance
Derr
Date
26 October 1027
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
Wiet 1939, p. 85 (no. 2165), pl. 16 (= TEI 6361)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.27: Name: foreign (Arabic), female, Muslim
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.27:
- gender: female
- religion: Muslim
Person
600774: Fāṭima
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200049: Fāṭima
Name variant
300049: فاطمة
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 782

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱ̇ⳟⲟⲕⲁⲛⲁⲗⲟ
Translation
Ionngoka / Iōngoka
Description
Nubian name probably meaning 'the glory of mother'; attested 16 times, 9 of which for a single woman, the remaing ones unmarked for gender, but the meainng strongly suggesting female name
Text
640
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
after 1280–before 1295
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
P. QI 4 65, fig. 3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Probably the same person as in Ref 703580.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.134: Name: local (Nubian), female (?), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.134:
- gender: female?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600775: Ionngoka
Role
landowner in description of plot of land
Name
200870: Ionngoka
Name variant
301236: ⲓⲱⳟⲟⲕⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 783

Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
583
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
30 July 1187
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
P. QI 3 35
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
This is probably the same person as in Ref 703485.
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
600544: Mena
Role
in protocol
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 784

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
581
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
22 August 1155
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
10
Latest edition
P. QI 3 30, pl. 1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
This may be the same person as Papasa in REF 703480 of the same document.
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
600777: Papasa
Role
in protocol
Name
33404: Papasa
Name variant
65285: ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 785

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Translation
Ioannes / Iōannēs
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
15
Provenance
Dongola
Date
14 December 883
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 21, pl. 20
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
600778: Ioannes
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53801: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 786

Attestation
ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Kyros / Kuros
Description
Persian male name deriving from the brother of John, physician and soldier, martyr of Egypt, or the Egyptian anchorite, brother of the emperor Theodosius (Apa Kyros)
Text
86
Provenance
Faras
Date
30 August 867–28 August 868 or 29 August 877–28 August 878
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 92–6, fig. 21
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.77: Name: foreign (Persian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.77:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600779: Kyros
Role
in dating formula
Name
3785: Kyros
Name variant
54092: ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 787

Attestation
ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ
Translation
Senoutios / Shenoute / Shenouthos
Description
Egyptian male name deriving from the abbot of the White Monastery near Akhmim/Panopolis (d. ca. 465)
Text
90
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 800–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 96–7, fig. 22
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.48: Name: foreign (Egyptian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.48:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600780: Shenouthos
Role
uncertain
Name
1085: Shenoute
Name variant
302345: ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲑⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 788

Attestation
ⲗⲟⲅⲅⲓⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Longinos / Logginou
Description
Latin male name meaning 'long' deriving from the first bishop of Nobadia; attested 4 times in Nubia, for men
Text
431
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 18
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
600781: Longinos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
10177: Longinos
Name variant
11043: ⲗⲟⲅⲅⲓⲛⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 789

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱⲥⲏⲫⲓⲟⲩ
Translation
Ioseph / Iosephios / Iōsēphiou
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Ioseph, husband of Mary; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
458
Provenance
Ikhmindi
Date
550–599
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
Deichmann – Grossmann 1988, pp. 81–88
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
449874: Iosephios
Role
founder of the city
Name
3467: Ioseph
Name variant
10331: ⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫⲓⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 790

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲁⲛⲏⲛ
Translation
Ianin / Eianēn
Description
Nubian name perhaps connected with ⲉⲓⲁⲣ-, 'to know'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
491
Provenance
unknown
Date
18 March 904 or 18 March 913
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 1 734
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
TM People qualifies the name as variant of Iannes (NAM 9606).
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
449820: Ianin
Role
in filiation
Name
200019: Ianin
Name variant
300019: ⲉⲓⲁⲛⲏⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 791

Attestation
ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
Translation
Muḥammad / Muhammad
Description
male name of Arabic origin meaning 'praiseworthy', deriving from the name of the Prophet
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 1.28: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.28:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim
Person
600784: Muḥammad
Role
witness
Name
9456: Muḥammad
Name variant
300020: ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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