IMRef_4190: Name of Ika
- Attestation
- ⲉ̣ⲓⲕⲁ
- Translation
- Ika / Eika
- Description
- Nubian name meaning 'fire' or 'the one who is near'; attested twice, for 2 men
- Text
- 3908
- Provenance
- Banganarti
- Date
- 1200–1399
- Language
- Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Old Nubian
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 1
- Latest edition
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I. Banganarti 2 730, figs. 64, 128
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Łajtar in I. Banganarti 2 730 edits ⲉ̣ⲓⲕⲁ ⲕⲩⲉⲓⲛ ⲧⲟⲧ ⲓ̄ⲟ︦, ‘Ika, son of Kui (or: tot of Kui)'. However, given the occurrence of the name ⲕⲩⲉⲓⲛⲧ in DBMNT 1553, and that the ⲟ in Łajtar's ⲧⲟⲧ rather resebles an ⲁ, the reading ⲉ̣ⲓⲕⲁ ⲕⲩⲉⲓⲛⲧ ⲁⲅⲓ̄ⲟ︦ seems preferable.
If so, the relation between the two names, Ika and Kuint, disappears. We could suppose that Kuint was Ika's second name or the it was the patronymic without the habitual espression 'son of'.
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
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For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian - Person
- 604149: Ika
- Role
- author
- Name
- 200850: Ika
- Name variant
- 300850: ⲉⲓⲕⲁ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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