IMRef_943: Name of Songoja

Attestation
ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁ
Translation
Songoja
Description
Nubian name meaning 'songoj, eparch'; attested for 12 men and 1 woman
Text
591
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 33, pl. 2 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-32-53-59.jpg)
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Comment
Songoja is desiganted as 'the son of the bishop of Ibrim'. Unless Thoma's predecessor was meant here, which is rather unlikely, Thoma was Songoja's father.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.155: Name: local (Nubian), unisex, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.155:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600946: Songoja
Role
witness
Name
202116: Songoja
Name variant
302116: ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
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