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IMRef_2773
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2773: Name of Koshgil
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Attestation
ⲕⲟϣ̣ⲅⲗ̄
Translation
Koshgil
Description
Nubian name, perhaps cognate with the modern ⲕⲟϣⲟⲕ(ⲓ), ‘thicket, bush’ (Nobiin), kósk-ir, ‘cause or allow to ferment’ (Dongolawi), or koškir, ‘big needle’ (Nobiin, Dongolawi, Kenzi); attested only once, for a man
Text
643
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
10 December 1333
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
P. QI 4 68, fig. 6
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Comment
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
602872: Koshgil
Role
in protocol
Name
201297: Koshgil
Name variant
301297: ⲕⲟϣⲅⲗ̄
Second name
Second name variant
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