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IMRef_1432
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1432: Name of Marwa
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Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⳣⲁⲉⲓⲟ
Translation
Marwa
Description
Arabic female name meaning 'flint-stone'; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
2811
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1299
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
2
Latest edition
P. QI 4 81, fig. 23
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading and interpretation of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 29b.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.23: Name: foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.23:
- gender: female
Person
601472: Marwa
Role
person on list
Name
201513: Marwa
Name variant
301513: ⲙⲁⲣⳣⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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