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IM Reference 476

Attestation
ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃⲟⲩ
Translation
Iakob / Iakobos / Iakōbou
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2361
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
600–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 256, fig. 232.2
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
600452: Iakob
Role
owner
Name
3386: Iakob
Name variant
301064: ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 477

Attestation
Abraam (monogram)
Translation
Abraham
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; common in Abrahamic religions
Text
2363
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
600–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
monogram
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 256, fig. 232.4
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
It is uncertain whether Abraham was a living person or a saint.
The monogram can also be read as ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, in which case the archangel is surely meant.
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
600454: Abraam
Role
owner (?)
Name
1707: Abraham
Name variant
300200: Abraam (monogram)
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, fig. 232.4
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Image
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IM Reference 478

Attestation
ⲫⲓⲗⲟ⸌ⲑ⸍
Translation
Philotheos / Philoth( )
Description
Greek male name meaning 'loving God', possibly deriving from Philotheos of Antioch (3rd/4th c.); attested 10 times in Nubia, only for men
Text
2364
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
600–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 256, fig. 232.5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600455: Philotheos
Role
owner
Name
3263: Philotheos
Name variant
302826: ⲫⲓⲗⲟ⸌ⲑ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 479

Attestation
ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ
Translation
Isaak
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2376
Provenance
Abdallah-n Irqi
Date
30 August 987–28 August 988
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Ochała 2016b, pp. 516–518, fig. 2
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
600456: Isaak
Role
author
Name
3437: Isaak
Name variant
53744: ⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 480

Attestation
ⲟⲣⲟⲗⲏⲕⲓⲥ
Translation
Orolikis / Orolēkis
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
2379
Provenance
Abdallah-n Irqi
Date
probably 900–1199
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Schneider 1975, p. 33, fig. on p. 35 (no. 9)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
It is uncertain whether we are dealing with a proper name or another word.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
600457: Orolikis
Role
author
Name
201739: Orolikis
Name variant
301739: ⲟⲣⲟⲗⲏⲕⲓⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 481

Attestation
ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲓⲟⲥ
Translation
Basileios
Description
Greek male name meaning 'royal' deriving from Saint Basil the Great, bishop of Cesarea (4th c.)
Text
2403
Provenance
Boni island
Date
600–1499
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Tsakos 2007, pp. 236, 239 (no. A.7), pl. 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
600458: Basilios
Role
author (?)
Name
2468: Basileios
Name variant
52978: ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲓⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 482

Attestation
ⲓ̄ⲱ︦ⲛ̄
Translation
Ioannes or Ionas / Iōn
Description
abbreviated Hebrew male name, either Ioannes or Ionas, deriving from a Biblical character
Text
2413
Provenance
Umm Qatatia
Date
600–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Tsakos 2007, pp. 236, 239 (nos. A.8–9), pl. 5 (upper)
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
600459: Ioannes or Ionas
Role
author
Name
202623: Ioannes or Ionas
Name variant
302748: ⲓⲱⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 483

Attestation
[ⲅ]ⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍
Translation
Georgios / Geōrg( )
Description
Greek male name deriving from St George, soldier and martyr
Text
2442
Provenance
Kulb
Date
1100–1199
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Dinkler 1970, p. 269, fig. 258
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600460: Georgios
Role
owner
Name
3343: Georgios
Name variant
302729: ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 484

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲥⲟⲩ
Translation
Iesou / Isou
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2450
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Date
900–1099
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; in preparation by A. Łajtar & J. van der Vliet; mentioned in Plumley – Adams 1974, p. 235, pl. 51
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
600461: Iesou
Role
commemorated person
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
300218: ⲓⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 485

Attestation
ⲁⲥⲁⲛⳟⲁⲕⲕⲟⲛ
Translation
Ibn Ḥasan
Description
Nubianised variant of the Arabic male name meaning 'son of Hasan'
Text
2455
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1155–1200
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 4 99, fig. 42
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.29: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim, indicates filiation
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.29:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim
- family: son
Person
600462: Asanngal
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
200587: Ibn Ḥasan
Name variant
300587: ⲁⲥⲁⲛⳟⲁⲗ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 486

Attestation
ⲁⲇⲁⲙⲁ
Translation
Adam / Adama
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from Old Testament's first man; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2455
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1155–1200
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 4 99, fig. 42
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
600175: Adama
Role
sender of letter
Name
8335: Adam
Name variant
300439: ⲁⲇⲁⲙⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 487

Attestation
ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁ
Translation
Tapara
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who loosens'; attested only for men
Text
2455
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1155–1200
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 4 99, fig. 42
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
600464: Tapara
Role
addressee of letter
Name
201033: Tapara
Name variant
302176: ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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