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IMRef_2790
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2790: Name of Ionngoka
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Attestation
ⲉⲓⲟ̇ⳟⲟⲕⲁ
Translation
Ionngoka / Iongoka / Eiongoka
Description
Nubian name probably meaning 'the glory of mother'; attested 16 times, 9 of which for a single woman, the remaing ones unmarked for gender, but the meainng strongly suggesting female name
Text
1039
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1190–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
P. QI 3 55, pl. 8 (side i)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender is not specified, but according to Wojciechowski this is Ionngoka I (Wojciechowski 2011, pp. 274–276, 284).
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.134: Name: local (Nubian), female (?), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.134:
- gender: female?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601243: Ionngoka
Role
addressee of letter (?)
Name
200870: Ionngoka
Name variant
300881: ⲉⲓⲟⳟⲟⲕⲁ
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