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IMRef_2670
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2670: Name of Theophilos
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Attestation
ⲑⲉⲱⲫ̣ⲓⲗ
Translation
Theophilos / Theophil / Theōphil
Description
Greek male name meaning 'loved by God' deriving from an Egyptian martyr under Decian; attested thrice in Nubia, twice for men, once unmarked for gender
Text
1592
Provenance
Faras
Date
600–1199
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
6
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 170–171, fig. 50
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 1, no. 2.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
602765: Theophilos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5492: Theophilos
Name variant
53533: ⲑⲉⲟⲫⲓⲗ
Second name
Second name variant
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