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IMRef_3848
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3848: Name of Mashinga
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Attestation
ⲙⲁϣⳟⲁ
Translation
Mashinga
Description
Nubian name possibly deriving from ⲙⲁϣ-, 'bushel'; attested only once, for a man
Text
3394
Provenance
Banganarti
Date
1200–1399
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 175, fig. on p. 190, figs. 30, 100
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Comment
It is uncertain whether the word ⲁ̇ⲡⲟ which follows ⲙⲁϣⳟⲁ should be connected with ⲙⲁϣⲁⳟⲁ, thus forming the double name Mashinga Apo, or with the following ⳟⲟⲇⲇ̣ⲏ as a designation of Mashinga's lordship.
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
603843: Mashinga
Role
author
Name
202726: Mashinga
Name variant
302892: ⲙⲁϣⳟⲁ
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Second name variant
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