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IMRef_745
IM Reference no.
IMRef_745: Name of Dioskoros
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Illustration
Attestation
ⲇⲓⲟⲥ̣ⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Dioskoros
Description
Greek male name deriving from an Egyptian martyr under Decian, either monk and bishop of Hermopolis Parva, d. 402/3, or martyr of Kynopolis, d. ca. 305; attested 5 times in Nubia, for 5 men
Text
1110
Provenance
Sai
Date
probably 1100–1199
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
10
Latest edition
Tsakos 2011–12, pp. 300–3 (no. 5), fig. 1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Tsakos 2011–12, no. 5, edits the title of the deceased as ⲉⲡⲓ̣ⲥ̣⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲛ̄ϩⲁⲏ, but the photo allows correcting it to ⲉⲡⲥ̣⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲛ̄ⲍⲁⲏ.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600735: Dioskoros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
2828: Dioskoros
Name variant
53200: ⲇⲓⲟⲥⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
Second name variant
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