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IM Reference 2711

Attestation
ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍
Translation
Georgios / Geōrg( )
Description
Greek male name deriving from St George, soldier and martyr
Text
36
Provenance
Faras
Date
14 August 1097
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 5, pl. 4
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
600344: Georgios
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3343: Georgios
Name variant
302729: ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2712

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟ⸌ⲥ⸍
Translation
Petros
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Peter the Apostle
Text
59
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 16
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
602807: Petros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5124: Petros
Name variant
54884: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2713

Attestation
[ⲅⲉⲱⲣ]⸌ⲅⲏ⸍
Translation
Georgios / Georgi / Geōrgē
Description
Greek male name deriving from St George, soldier and martyr
Text
86
Provenance
Faras
Date
30 August 867–28 August 868 or 29 August 877–28 August 878
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 92–6, fig. 21
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
601223: Georgios
Role
in dating formula / bestowing authority
Name
3343: Georgios
Name variant
53087: ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2714

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟ⸌ⲩ⸍
Translation
Petros / Petrou
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Peter the Apostle
Text
94
Provenance
Faras
Date
20 July 999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 135–8, fig. 42
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
This is Petros I.
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
602272: Petrou
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5124: Petros
Name variant
54885: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2715

Attestation
ⲑⲉⲟ̣[ⲫⲓ]ⲗ̣ⲟⲥ
Translation
Theophilos
Description
Greek male name meaning 'loved by God' deriving from an Egyptian martyr under Decian; attested thrice in Nubia, twice for men, once unmarked for gender
Text
95
Provenance
Faras
Date
4 December 738
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 1061
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
602811: Theophilos
Role
author/scribe
Name
5492: Theophilos
Name variant
53536: ⲑⲉⲟⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2716

Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
97
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1150
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 190–195, fig. 69
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
602812: Mena
Role
commemorated person
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2717

Attestation
ⲑⲉⲱⲫⲁⲛⲓⲁ
Translation
Theophania / Theōphania
Description
Greek name deriving from the name of the feast of Epiphany
Text
99
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Mina 2, pl. I.2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
602813: Theophania
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
9525: Theophania
Name variant
301051: ⲑⲉⲱⲫⲁⲛⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2718

Attestation
ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ
Translation
Pisrael / Pisraēl
Description
Semito-Egyptian male name deriving from the name of the Promised Land or the second name of Patriarch Jacob
Text
108
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Mina 11
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.82: Name: foreign (Semito-Egyptian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.82:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
602814: Pisrael
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
14326: Pisrael
Name variant
54943: ⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2719

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲛ̣ϫ̣ⲉ
Translation
Indje / Eindje
Description
perhaps Egyptian name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, for a man
Text
110
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Mina 13
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.8: Name: foreign (?) (Egyptian?), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
602815: Indje
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200855: Indje
Name variant
300855: ⲉⲓⲛϫⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2720

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲗⲉ
Translation
Pele
Description
Nubian name meaning 'the coming out'; attested only once, for a woman
Text
113
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Mina 16
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
602816: Pele
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201918: Pele
Name variant
301918: ⲡⲉⲗⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2721

Attestation
ⲙⲁ[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
Translation
Ma...
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
115
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Mina 18
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender uncertain; the epitaph uses masculine pronouns to refer to the deceased Ma..., but also feminine forms ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ and – possibly – ϣⲉⲣⲉ.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
602817: Ma...
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200007: Ma...
Name variant
300007: ⲙⲁ...
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2722

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓϩⲁⲙ
Translation
Mariam / Mariham
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from Mary Mother of God; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
121
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
7
Latest edition
I. Mina 24
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.65: Name: foreign (Hebrew), female, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.65:
- gender: female
Person
602818: Mariham
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3963: Mariam
Name variant
54291: ⲙⲁⲣⲓϩⲁⲙ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available