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IMRef_441
IM Reference no.
IMRef_441: Name of Andala
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Attestation
ⲁⲛⲇⲁⲗⲁ
Translation
Ḥandala / Handala / Andala
Description
Arabic name meaning 'colocynth'; originally female, but in Nubia apparently used also for men (attested once for a woman and once for a man)
Text
2197
Provenance
Banganarti
Date
1200–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 44, fig. on p. 121, figs. 22, 86–87
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Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.37: Name: foreign (Arabic), unisex, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
Person
600416: Andala
Role
uncertain
Name
14093: Ḥanẓala
Name variant
28377: ⲁⲛⲇⲁⲗⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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