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IMRef_2846
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2846: Name of Marianta Asta
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Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲧⲁ
Translation
Marianta
Description
Semito-Nubian name meaning 'the path of Mary', deriving from Virgin Mary; attested 7 times for 5 persons (3 women, 2 unmarked for gender)
Text
672
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
13 May 1051 or 12 June 1051
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
7–8
Latest edition
I. QI 57, fig. on p. 203
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Asta was Marianta's second name or sobriquet .
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.163: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), female (?), Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.163:
- gender: female?
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601682: Marianta Asta
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200016: Marianta
Name variant
300016: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲧⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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