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IMRef_1509
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1509: Name of Elias
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Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲏⲗⲓ̣ⲁ̣ⲥ
Translation
Elias / Ilias / Iēlias
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament prophet; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
97
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1150
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek/Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
20
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 190–195, fig. 69
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Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.66: Name: foreign (Hebrew), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.66:
- gender: male
Person
600035: Elias
Role
commemorated person
Name
2929: Elias
Name variant
301080: ⲓⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ
Second name
Second name variant
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