IMRef_4129: Name of Koussan
- Attestation
- ⲕⲟⲩⲥⲥⲁⲛ
- Translation
- Koussan
- Description
- Nubian name perhaps deriving from ⲕⲟⲩⲥ-, 'to loosen', or Arabic name Ġassān; attested 5 times, once for a man, the other ones unmarked for gender
- Text
- 3830
- Provenance
- Banganarti
- Date
- 1200–1399
- Language
- Greek
- Linguistic context
- Greek
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 2
- Latest edition
-
I. Banganarti 2 638, figs. 55, 122
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Gender not specified.
The expression ⲕⲟⲩⲥⲥⲁⲛ ⲑⲉⲅⲛⲁ is ambiguous. It can be interpreted as either expression of filiation (son of Koussan) or designation of office (thegna of Koussan).
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.152: Name: local (Nubian) or foreign (Arabic)
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
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For IMVar 1.152:
- ethnic regional: Nubian or Arabic - Person
- 604098: Koussan
- Role
- in filiation (?)
- Name
- 201345: Koussan
- Name variant
- 301345: ⲕⲟⲩⲥⲥⲁⲛ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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