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IM Reference 1478

Attestation
ⲁⲁⲣⲱⲛ
Translation
Aaron
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament figure, brother of Moses; common in Abrahamic religion
Text
429
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 48 (grave 486)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.66: Name: foreign (Hebrew), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.66:
- gender: male
Person
601521: Aaron
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
8275: Aaron
Name variant
52563: ⲁⲁⲣⲱⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1479

Attestation
ⲙⲉⲣⲭⲁⲛⲓ
Translation
Merchani
Description
perhaps Blemmyan/Beja female name meaning 'I lead'; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
437
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 49 (grave 838)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.43: Name: foreign (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.43:
- ethnic regional: Blemmyan/Beja?
Person
601522: Merchani
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201580: Merchani
Name variant
301580: ⲙⲉⲣⲭⲁⲛⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 1480

Attestation
ⲑⲉⲱⲅⲛⲱⲥⲧⲁ
Translation
Theognoste / Theognosta / Theōgnōsta
Description
Greek female name meaning 'known by God', perhaps deriving from St Theognoste; attested 7 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
439
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 49 (grave 840)
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
601523: Theognosta
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
25501: Theognoste
Name variant
53561: ⲑⲉⲱⲅⲛⲱⲥⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1481

Attestation
ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲫⲁⲛⲓⲁ
Translation
Staurophania
Description
Greek female name meaning 'manifestation of the Cross'; attested twice in Nubia, for 2 women
Text
447
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 50 (unidentified grave)
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
601524: Staurophania
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
12255: Staurophania
Name variant
14211: ⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲫⲁⲛⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1482

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Petros
Description
Greek male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Peter the Apostle
Text
493
Provenance
Ginari (?)
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 46
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
243730: Petros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5124: Petros
Name variant
54884: ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1483

Attestation
ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ
Translation
Elisabet
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from the New Testament figure of mother of John the Baptist; attested only for women in Nubia
Text
498
Provenance
unknown
Date
600–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 58
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.69: Name: foreign (Hebrew), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.69:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
449828: Elisabet
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
9242: Elisabet
Name variant
53291: ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1484

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲩ
Translation
Marturophoros / Marturophorou
Description
Greek male name meaning 'the one who bears the martyr'; attested 12 times, 7 of which for men, the remaining ones unmarked for gender
Text
501
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Date
3 March 1046
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Łajtar – van der Vliet 2013, p. 160
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified, but the name evidently belongs to the masculine class of names.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.115: Name: local (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.115:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601527: Marturophorou
Role
in filiation
Name
200121: Marturophoros
Name variant
302819: ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲟⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1485

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
546
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
600–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 112–15
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
601528: Stephanos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5863: Stephanos
Name variant
55289: ⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1486

Attestation
[ϩⲉ]ⲗⲉⲛⲏ
Translation
Helene / Heleni / Helenē
Description
Greek female name meaning 'torch' or 'corposant' or related to 'moon', deriving from mother of Emperor Constantine; attested 6 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
567
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
800–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
Richter 2013, pp. 138–9 (no. 63), pl. 33
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
The redactor of the text once mistakenly refers to the deceased Helene with the masculince pronoun (ⲙⲙⲟϥ in l. 4).
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
601529: Heleni
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
4445: Helene
Name variant
52420: ϩⲉⲗⲉⲛⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1487

Attestation
ⲉ̣ⲱⲛⲉⲓⲗⲗⲉ
Translation
Eonille / Eōneille
Description
perhaps Nubian name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, for a woman
Text
661
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
700–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. QI 33, fig. on p. 129
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
601530: Eonille
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201003: Eonille
Name variant
301003: ⲉⲱⲛⲉⲓⲗⲗⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1488

Attestation
ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓ[ⲁ]
Translation
Theodosia / Theodōsia
Description
Greek female name meaning 'gift of God' deriving from St Theodosia of Tyre (3rd c.) or St Theodosia of Constantinople (7th–8th c.); attested thrice in Nubia for women
Text
662
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
700–899
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
I. QI 34, fig. on p. 131
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
601531: Theodosia
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
9508: Theodosia
Name variant
9975: ⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲥⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1489

Attestation
ⲅⲉⲱⲣ[ⲅⲓⲟⲥ]
Translation
Georgios / Geōrgios
Description
Greek male name deriving from St George, soldier and martyr
Text
725
Provenance
Dongola
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2–3
Latest edition
Van der Vliet, in Łajtar 2011, pp. 92–4, no. B, fig. 21 (mistake in caption number)
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
601532: Georgios
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3343: Georgios
Name variant
53090: ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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