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IMRef_3644
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3644: Name of Milanya
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Attestation
ⲙⲓⲗ̣ⲁ̣ⳡⲁⲛⲓ
Translation
Milanya
Description
Semito-Nubian name probably meaning 'living Michael', deriving from the name of Archangel Michael; attested 4 times, none marked for gender
Text
2792
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
Line
18–19
Latest edition
P. QI 4 72, figs. 12–13
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 25p.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.169: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.169:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
603676: Milanya
Role
person on list
Name
201609: Milanya
Name variant
301609: ⲙⲓⲗⲁⳡⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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