IMRef_1195: Name of Asan

Attestation
ⲁ̇ⲥⲁⲛ
Translation
Asan
Description
Nubianised variant of the male name of Arabic origin meaning 'beautiful, handsome', deriving from Ḥasan bin 'Alī, the grandson of the Prophet
Text
2842
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1125–1175
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
17
Latest edition
P. QI 4 101, fig. 44
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Rreading and interpretation of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 36a.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.28: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.28:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim
Person
601217: Asan
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
14109: Ḥasan
Name variant
300585: ⲁⲥⲁⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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