IMRef_1088: Name of Ezekias
- Attestation
- ⲉ̇ⲍⲉⲕⲓⲁⲥ
- Translation
- Ezekias
- Description
- Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament king Ezekias; attested thrice in Nubia, once for a man, twice unmarked for gender
- Text
- 2855
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Date
- probably 1000–1199
- Language
- Greek/Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Old Nubian
- Side/page
- 1
- Column
- Line
- 15
- Latest edition
-
P. QI 4 114, fig. 58
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Ruffini interprets the function of this man as 'the chief's priest'. While this cannot be excluded, it is also possible that Ezekais was holding two titles, 'priest (and) chief'.
- 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
- 601104: Ezekias
- Role
- greeted in letter
- Name
- 3141: Ezekias
- Name variant
- 53232: ⲉⲍⲉⲕⲓⲁⲥ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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