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IMRef_3451
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3451: Name of Kasala
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Attestation
ⲕⲁⲥ̣ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲁⲗⲟ
Translation
Ghazāla / Ghazala / Kasala
Description
Arabic female name meaning 'female gazelle'; attested thrice in Nubia, once for a woman, twice unmarked for gender
Text
640
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
after 1280–before 1295
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
16
Latest edition
P. QI 4 65, fig. 3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 5, no. 1.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.23: Name: foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.23:
- gender: female
Person
603504: Kasala
Role
witness
Name
202527: Ghazāla
Name variant
302622: ⲕⲁⲥⲁⲗⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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