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IMRef_2698
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2698: Name of Taroue Poshsha
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Attestation
ⲧⲁⲣⲟⲩⲉ ⲡⲟϣϣⲁ
Translation
Taroue Poshsha
Description
double name consisting of Nubian name meaning 'blessing' and perhaps Nubian name of unknown etymology
Text
506
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
700–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
6–8
Latest edition
Meltzer 1982, p. 82 (no. 1), pls. 75, 91.5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Meltzer 1982 edits as if a single word is at stake. A double name seems more probable, however.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (?) (Nubian?), unknown character
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
For IMVar 1.100:
- ethnic regional: Nubian?
Person
602793: Taroue Poshsha
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
202201: Taroue
Name variant
302201: ⲧⲁⲣⲟⲩⲉ
Second name
201983: Poshsha
Second name variant
301983: ⲡⲟϣϣⲁ
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