IMRef_2710: Name of Joassi

Attestation
ⳝⲟⲁⲥⲥⲓ
Translation
Joassi / Joassi
Description
Nubian name, but etymology uncertain; attested 8 times, of which 7 times for men, once unmarked for gender
Text
5
Provenance
Komangana
Date
17 February 1159
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Greek 6, pl. 6
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
It is uncertain how the phrase ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣ̄ⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲩ̄ⲥ︦ ⳝⲟⲁⲥⲥⲓ ⲩ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⳡⲁ shuold be interpreted. It could be the reference to either Marturophoros' father (Joassi) and grandfather (Marianya) or his father (Joassi) and mother (Marianya). The former would comply with the classical usage of filiation expression. Moreover, the name Marianya is once attested for a man (Nam REF 701853); remaining attestations are unmarked for gender. On the other hand, the filiation expression found in l. 20 of this text contains only the name of Marianya, which – if this were Marturophoros' grandfather – would be strange.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.146: Name: local (Nubian), male (?), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.146:
- gender: male?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
602805: Joassi
Role
in filiation
Name
202385: Joassi
Name variant
302386: ⳝⲟⲁⲥⲥⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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