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IMRef_2816
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2816: Name of Tonya
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Attestation
ⲧⲟⳡⲁ
Translation
Tonya
Description
Nubian name meaning 'the fair one'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
2829
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1100–1299
Language
Old Nubian & Arabic
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
P. QI 4 86, fig. 28
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Ruffini transcribed [ ̣]ⲧⲟⳡⲁ, but in the commentary he admitted that there is very little space to contain an additional letter. I prefer to take the word as a complete anthroponym here.
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
602920: Tonya
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
200294: Tonya
Name variant
300294: ⲧⲟⳡⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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