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IMRef_1015
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1015: Name of Merki
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Attestation
ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲓ̈
Translation
Merkourios / Merki
Description
Latin name deriving from the general of Cappadocia, martyr under Decius
Text
723
Provenance
Tamit
Date
circa 1460–circa 1490
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
14
Latest edition
Donadoni 1967, pp. 61–4, no. 1, pls. 20, 1; 22
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 12.
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
600030: Merki
Role
uncertain
Name
10598: Merkourios
Name variant
301569: ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲓ
Second name
Second name variant
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