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IM Reference 331

Attestation
ⲉⲓⳡⲧ̄ⲧⲁ
Translation
Inyitta / Einyitta
Description
Nubian name meaning 'the wealth/the wealthy one'; attested for both men and women
Text
1567
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 1200–1399
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 75, pl. 64.5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600305: Inyitta
Role
author
Name
200927: Inyitta
Name variant
300927: ⲉⲓⳡⲧ̄ⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 332

Attestation
ⲛⲟⲩ̣[---]
Translation
Nou---
Description
unidentified name; attested only once, probably for a man
Text
1566
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 1200–1399
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 75, pl. 64.3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Inscription mentions the Great (church of) Jesus, with which the author was obvoiously connected, most probably as its functionary, priest, deacon, or cleric.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
600306: Nou---
Role
author
Name
200142: Nou---
Name variant
300142: ⲛⲟⲩ---
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 333

Attestation
ⲧⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍
Translation
Tourt( )
Description
Nubian name, perhaps deriving from ⲧⲟⲩⲣⲧⲛ̄-, 'censer'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
1572
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 1200–1399
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 76, pl. 64.10
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.128: Name: local (Nubian), Christian (?)
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.128:
- religion: Christian?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600307: Tourt( )
Role
author
Name
202278: Tourt( )
Name variant
302278: ⲧⲟⲩⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 334

Attestation
ⲟⲓ̣ⲛⲏⲛ[---]
Translation
Oinin--- / Oinēn---
Description
unidentified name; attested only once, for a man
Text
1573
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 1200–1399
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 76, pl. 64.11
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
600308: Oinin---
Role
author
Name
200143: Oinin---
Name variant
300143: ⲟⲓⲛⲏⲛ---
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 335

Attestation
ⲁ̇ⲝⲟⲥ
Translation
Aksos
Description
Greek male name deriving from ἀξιόω, 'deem worthy'; attested thrice for one man
Text
1580
Provenance
Faras
Date
1200–1299
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 173–4, fig. 53
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.118: Name: local (Greek), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.118:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600309: Axos
Role
author
Name
200539: Axos
Name variant
300539: ⲁⲝⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 336

Attestation
ⲁⲡⲁⲕⲩⲣⲏ
Translation
Apakyros / Apakiri / Apakurē
Description
Greco-Semitic male name meaning 'o father Cyrus', deriving from brother of John, physician and soldier, martyr of Egypt, or Egyptian anchorite, brother of the emperor Theodosius (= Cyrus)
Text
1591
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 1200–1399
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1926, p. 82, pl. 65.32
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.54: Name: foreign (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.54:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600310: Apakiri
Role
author
Name
8705: Apakyros
Name variant
56251: ⲁⲡⲁⲕⲩⲣⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 337

Attestation
ⲁⲡⲓ̣ⲧ̣ⲁⲣⲁ
Translation
Apitara
Description
perhaps Nubian name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
1596
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 600–799
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 72, pls. 59.26, 60.2–3, 61.23
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
The noun ϩⲙϩⲁⲗ describing Apitara is devoid of article which makes it impossible to decide on the gender of the person.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.100: Name: local (?) (Nubian?), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.100:
- ethnic regional: Nubian?
Person
600311: Apitara
Role
owner
Name
200551: Apitara
Name variant
300551: ⲁⲡⲓⲧⲁⲣⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 338

Attestation
ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲇⲛⲛⲁ
Translation
Iesoudinna / Iēsoudnna
Description
Semito-Nubian name meaning 'Jesus gives'; attested only once, for a man
Text
1656
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 738–1099
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (gr. 2), pl. 73.2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.169: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.169:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600312: Iesoudinna
Role
author
Name
201107: Iesoudinna
Name variant
301107: ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲇⲛⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 339

Attestation
ⲯⲁⲧⲉ
Translation
Psate
Description
Egyptian male name deriving from bishop of Ptolemais martyred under Diocletian
Text
1657
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 738–1099
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Faras Greek 41
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.48: Name: foreign (Egyptian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.48:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600313: Psate
Role
author
Name
12972: Psate
Name variant
55675: ⲯⲁⲧⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 340

Attestation
ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Translation
Kyros / Kurou
Description
Persian male name deriving from the brother of John, physician and soldier, martyr of Egypt, or the Egyptian anchorite, brother of the emperor Theodosius (Apa Kyros)
Text
1659
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 866–902
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (gr. 5), pls. 64.1, 73.5; I. Faras Copt., p. 96, with n. 44
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Abba Kyrou is perhaps identical with Bishop Kyros of Faras (cf. DBMNT 86, 97, and 1817).
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.77: Name: foreign (Persian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.77:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600314: Kyros
Role
author/commemorated person
Name
3785: Kyros
Name variant
301362: ⲕⲩⲣⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 341

Attestation
ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Translation
Stephanos
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Stephen the Protomartyr; attested 25 times, once unmarked for gneder, 21 times for men, and 3 times for women
Text
1665
Provenance
Faras
Date
before 1027–before 1057
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, p. 190
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.63: Name: foreign (Greek), unisex, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.63:
- religion: Christian
Person
600052: Stephanos
Role
author
Name
5863: Stephanos
Name variant
55289: ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 342

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Marianos / Marianou
Description
Greco-Semitic male name deriving from the name of Mary Mother of God
Text
1667
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 738–1099
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 91 (gr. 13), pl. 73.13
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.54: Name: foreign (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.54:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600316: Marianou
Role
author
Name
7120: Marianos
Name variant
301455: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲛⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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