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IMRef_1714
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1714: Name of Touba
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Attestation
ⲧⲟⲩⲃ
Translation
Ṭūba / Tuba / Toub
Description
Arabic female name meaning either 'goodness, bliss' or 'garment, dress'; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
408
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 123)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 4.
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
601767: Touba
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200015: Ṭūba
Name variant
300015: ⲧⲟⲩⲃ
Second name
Second name variant
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