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IMRef_855
IM Reference no.
IMRef_855: Name of Isou
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Reference
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Attestation
ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲩⲅⲁ
Translation
Iesou / Isou / Eisou
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
596
Provenance
unknown
Date
probably 1132–1155
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
11
Latest edition
Browne 1992a, pp. 454–8
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.39: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.39:
- gender: male
Person
600851: Isou
Role
party of deed (buyer)
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
300907: ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
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