IMRef_316: Name of Silbanos
- Attestation
- ⲥⲗⲃ
- Translation
- Silbanos / Slb
- Description
- Latin male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Silvanus, disciple accompanying St Paul; attested once in Nubia, for a man
- Text
- 1527
- Provenance
- Dongola
- Date
- circa 675–circa 725
- Language
- unidentified
- Linguistic context
- unidentified
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 1
- Latest edition
-
Godlewski 2000, p. 201
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Godlewski 2000 resolves the abbreviation as ⲥ(ⲓ)ⲗⲃ(ⲁⲛⲟⲥ), but it is slightly more probable that one should read ⲥ(ⲓ)ⲗⲃ(ⲉⲥⲧⲣⲟⲥ), as the former name has not been attedted in Nubia, and the latter is found in DBMNT 404 (REF 702305).
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.72: Name: foreign (Latin), male, Christian
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
-
For IMVar 1.72:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian - Person
- 600290: Silbanos
- Role
- addressee of delivery
- Name
- 7637: Silvanus
- Name variant
- 302058: ⲥⲗⲃ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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