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IMRef_1014
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1014: Name of Japhari
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Attestation
ⳝⲁⲫⲁⲣⲏ
Translation
Ja'far / Jafar / Japhari / Japharē
Description
Arabic male name meaning 'river, stream'; attested once in Nubia, for a man
Text
638
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
circa 1268–before 1276
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
14
Latest edition
P. QI 4 69, fig. 7
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected by G. Ochała: Ruffini reads [---] ̣ⲁⲫⲁⲣⲏ, but the first letter undoubtedly is a ⳝ.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.31: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.31:
- gender: male
Person
601025: Japhari
Role
uncertain
Name
200074: Ja‘far
Name variant
300074: ⳝⲁⲫⲁⲣⲏ
Second name
Second name variant
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