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IMRef_2755
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2755: Name of Kapopil
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Attestation
ⲕⲁⲡⲟⲡⲗ̄
Translation
Kapopi / Kapopil
Description
Nubian name meaning 'pearl'; attested 6 times, 5 of which for a single woman, the remaining one unmarked for gender
Text
591
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
P. QI 3 33, pl. 2 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-32-53-59.jpg)
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Comment
Gender is not specified, but the name seems to be female.
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
600863: Kapopil
Role
issuer of document
Name
201251: Kapopi
Name variant
303192: ⲕⲁⲡⲟⲡⲗ̄
Second name
Second name variant
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