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IMRef_1802
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1802: Name of Mame
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Attestation
ⲙⲁⲙⲉ
Translation
Mamel / Mame
Description
Nubian name possibly cognate with the Nobiin ⲙⲁⲙⲉ-, 'root, basis, fundament'; attested 5 times, twice for men, thrice unmarked for gender
Text
723
Provenance
Tamit
Date
circa 1460–circa 1490
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
3
Latest edition
Donadoni 1967, pp. 61–4, no. 1, pls. 20, 1; 22
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601855: Mame
Role
author
Name
201390: Mamel
Name variant
301390: ⲙⲁⲙⲉ
Second name
Second name variant
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