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IMRef_1484
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1484: Name of Marturophorou
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Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲩ
Translation
Marturophoros / Marturophorou
Description
Greek male name meaning 'the one who bears the martyr'; attested 12 times, 7 of which for men, the remaining ones unmarked for gender
Text
501
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Date
3 March 1046
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2–3
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar – van der Vliet 2013, p. 160
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified, but the name evidently belongs to the masculine class of names.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.115: Name: local (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.115:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601527: Marturophorou
Role
in filiation
Name
200121: Marturophoros
Name variant
302819: ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
Second name variant
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