IMRef_1248: Name of Asti

Attestation
ⲁⲥⲧⲓⲛⲗ̄ⲗⲟ
Translation
Asti
Description
Nubian name meaning 'daughter'; attested twice, unmarked for gender, but the meaning strongly suggesting female name
Text
584
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1 November 1190
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
19
Latest edition
P. QI 3 36
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Asti is not necessarily a proper name here. It may also designate the office of asti. Cf. l. 20 of the same document, where a timakkis is mentioned as a land-owner, a word that has so far been attested only as a title, not as a proper name.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.136: Name: local (Nubian), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.136:
- gender: female
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601279: Asti
Role
landowner in description of plot of land
Name
200598: Asti
Name variant
300598: ⲁⲥⲧⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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