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IM Reference 828

Attestation
ⲁⳝⳝⲉⳝⲏ
Translation
Ḥajjāj / Hajjaj / Ajjaji / Ajjeji / Ajjejē
Description
Arabic name meaning 'quarelsome; tyrant; the one who makes frequent pilgrimages to Mekka', originally male, but in Nubia apparently used also for women (attested 8 times, once for a man and once for a woman; the remaining attestations unmarked for gender)
Text
1028
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1155–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
P. QI 3 44
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.35: Name: foreign (Arabic) unisex, Muslim (?)
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.35:
- religion: Muslim?
Person
600821: Ajjeji
Role
witness
Name
200623: Ḥajjāj
Name variant
300637: ⲁⳝⳝⲉⳝⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 829

Attestation
ⲁ̇[[ⲁ̣]]ⲣⲧⲁⲗⲟ
Translation
Arta
Description
Nubian name meaning 'the island'; attested once, for a woman
Text
1029
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
after 1190–after 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
P. QI 3 45, pl. 4
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
600822: Arta
Role
witness
Name
200406: Arta
Name variant
300406: ⲁⲣⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 830

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲣⲣⲉⲗⲟ
Translation
Perre / Pirri
Description
Nubian name, possibly cognate with the Nobiin ⲡⲓⲣⲣ-, 'to rise, raise'; attested twice, unmarked for gender
Text
1029
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
after 1190–after 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
P. QI 3 45, pl. 4
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600823: Perre
Role
witness
Name
201929: Pirri
Name variant
301929: ⲡⲉⲣⲣⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 831

Attestation
[ⲓ]ⲱⲁⲛⲏ
Translation
Ioannes / Iōanē
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
1374
Provenance
Nag' el-Sheima
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 925
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
94409: Ioane
Role
witness
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53789: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 832

Attestation
ⲡⲁ[---]
Translation
Pa---
Description
unidentified name; attested only once, for a man
Text
1374
Provenance
Nag' el-Sheima
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 925
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
600825: Pa---
Role
in filiation
Name
200126: Pa---
Name variant
300126: ⲡⲁ---
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 833

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
33
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 834

Attestation
ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩ
Translation
Iesou / Iēsou
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
1745
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
after 940–963
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Hagen 2010, p. 723
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
The document is unpublished; my reading from the tracing.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.39: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.39:
- gender: male
Person
600827: Iesou
Role
in protocol
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
300288: ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 835

Attestation
ⲕⲩⲣⲓ̣
Translation
Kyros / Kuri
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
1872
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 195–8, fig. 70
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender is not specified, but the list DBMNT 1872 seems to contain only male names.
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
600828: Kyri
Role
person on list
Name
3785: Kyros
Name variant
54068: ⲕⲩⲣⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 836

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ
Translation
Markos
Description
Latin male name deriving from the New Testament figure of one of the Evangelists
Text
2395
Provenance
Kulb
Date
probably 700–999
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
Müller 1970, pp. 245–250, figs. 204–207
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600829: Markos
Role
in filiation
Name
10523: Markos
Name variant
54305: ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 837

Attestation
ⲧⲟ̣ⲥⲕⲟⲩ̣ⲕⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲛⲓ
Translation
Touskonkouda / Toskoukoud( )
Description
Nubian name meaning 'servant of the Three' = 'servant of the Holy Trinity'; attested 5 times for 4 persons (1 man, 3 unmarked for gender)
Text
2791
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
P. QI 4 71, figs. 10–11
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.130: Name: local (Nubian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.130:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600830: Toskoukouda
Role
person on list
Name
202263: Touskonkouda
Name variant
302263: ⲧⲟⲥⲕⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 838

Attestation
ⲭⲁⲏⲛⲛⲓ
Translation
Chael / Chaēn
Description
Hebrew male name, hypocoristic of the name of Archangel Michael
Text
2792
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
P. QI 4 72, figs. 12–13
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
600831: Chael
Role
person on list
Name
12862: Chael
Name variant
302325: ⲭⲁⲏⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 839

Attestation
ⲇⲁⲣⲙⲉⲛⲓ
Translation
Darme
Description
Nubian name perhaps deriving from ⲇⲁⲣ-, ⲇⲁⲛ-, 'to be, exist'; attested only for men
Text
2792
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
11
Latest edition
P. QI 4 72, figs. 12–13
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600832: Darme
Role
person on list
Name
200720: Darme
Name variant
300728: ⲇⲁⲣⲙⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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