Databases
Texts
IM References
Names
Name variants
People
Guidelines
General
Texts
IM references
Names
Name variants
People
Vocabularies
Acknowledgements
Contact us
Search
DBMNT
IM References
IMRef_939
IM Reference no.
IMRef_939: Name of Mame
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲁⲙⲉ
Translation
Mamel / Mame
Description
Nubian name possibly cognate with the Nobiin ⲙⲁⲙⲉ-, 'root, basis, fundament'; attested 5 times, twice for men, thrice unmarked for gender
Text
589
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
13
Latest edition
P. QI 3 31
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Interpretation of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 2c.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600942: Mame
Role
witness
Name
201390: Mamel
Name variant
301390: ⲙⲁⲙⲉ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
Full-size image