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IMRef_1476
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1476: Name of Sion
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Attestation
ⲥⲓ̈ⲱⲛ
Translation
Sion / Siōn
Description
Greek unisex name, hypocoristic for Jerusalem; attested 6 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
413
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 249)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 6.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
601519: Sion
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
8652: Sion
Name variant
55227: ⲥⲓⲱⲛ
Second name
Second name variant
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