IMRef_1870: Name of Tapara
- Attestation
- ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁ
- Translation
- Tapara
- Description
- Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who loosens'; attested only for men
- Text
- 2809
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Date
- probably 1000–1199
- Language
- Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Old Nubian
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 3
- Latest edition
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P. QI 4 76, fig. 18
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- It is uncertain what kind of function or office 'ouataphil' designates. However, since we have no secure attestations of Nubian women beraing titles, the mere presence of this title suggests that Tapara was a man.
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.145: Name: local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
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For IMVar 1.145:
- gender: male?
- ethnic regional: Nubian - Person
- 601929: Tapara
- Role
- person on list
- Name
- 201033: Tapara
- Name variant
- 302176: ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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