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IM Reference 1673

Attestation
ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
Translation
Muḥammad / Muhammad
Description
male name of Arabic origin meaning 'praiseworthy', deriving from the name of the Prophet
Text
494
Provenance
unknown
Date
23 July 916
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
Grohmann 1935, pp. 19–30, pls. 2–3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.28: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.28:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim
Person
601725: Muḥammad
Role
witness
Name
9456: Muḥammad
Name variant
300020: ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1674

Attestation
ⳟⲗⲓⲥⲁ
Translation
Ngilisa / Nglisa
Description
Nubian name meaning 'sight'; attested 5 times for 3 persons (2 men, 1 unmarked for gender)
Text
585
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1190–1198
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
P. QI 3 37
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
601726: Ngilisa
Role
witness
Name
202411: Ngilisa
Name variant
302415: ⳟⲗⲓⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1675

Attestation
ⲇⲁⲣⲟⲩⲁⲛ
Translation
Daroua
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'existence'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
585
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1190–1198
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
P. QI 3 37
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
601727: Daroua
Role
in filiation
Name
200746: Daroua
Name variant
300746: ⲇⲁⲣⲟⲩⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1676

Attestation
ⲁⲛⲛⲓⲥⲓ
Translation
Annisi
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the saying'; attested only once, for a woman
Text
585
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1190–1198
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
P. QI 3 37
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
601728: Annisi
Role
witness
Name
200531: Annisi
Name variant
300531: ⲁⲛⲛⲓⲥⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1677

Attestation
ⲉ̇ⲡⲗ̄
Translation
Epil
Description
Nubian name probably meaning 'taker, receiver'; attested only once, for a man
Text
587
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1198–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
P. QI 3 39, pl. 2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Epil is surmised to be a male name only on the account of the presence of a title. Although meaning of 'chaerimata' is unknown, Nubian women do not seem to occur with titles.
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
601729: Epil
Role
witness
Name
200974: Epil
Name variant
300974: ⲉⲡⲗ̄
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1678

Attestation
ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ
Translation
Andreas
Description
Greek male name deriving from one of the Apostles in the New Testament
Text
636
Provenance
unknown
Date
700–799
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
CPR 4 28
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
104169: Andreas
Role
witness
Name
2024: Andreas
Name variant
52762: ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1679

Attestation
ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ
Translation
Zacharias / Zacharias
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from either an Old Testament figure (prophet or king of Judah) or the New Testament one (father of John the Baptist); common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
1872
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 195–8, fig. 70
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender is not specified, but the list DBMNT 1872 seems to contain only male names.
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
601731: Zacharias
Role
person on list
Name
6440: Zacharias
Name variant
53404: ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1680

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱ̄ⲩ
Translation
Ioannes / Iōu
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
2756
Provenance
Dongola
Date
1100–1199
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, pp. 208–211, no. 13, fig. 18
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.70: Name: foreign (Hebrew), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.70:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
601732: Ioannou
Role
author
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
301214: ⲓⲱⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1681

Attestation
ⲁⲙⲉⲧⲗ̣̄ⲗⲟ
Translation
Ḥammād / Hammad / Ammeti / Ametil
Description
Arabic male name meaning 'the one who praises'; attested 5 times in Nubia, once for a man, 4 times unmarked for gender
Text
2850
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1299
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
P. QI 4 109, figs. 52–3
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.31: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.31:
- gender: male
Person
601734: Ametil
Role
mentioned in document, party of transaction
Name
200033: Ḥammād
Name variant
300490: ⲁⲙⲉⲧⲗ̄
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1682

Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲛ[ⲧⲁ]
Translation
Menanta / Mēnanta
Description
Greco-Nubian name meaning 'path of Menas', deriving from St Menas; attested 5 times, for 2 women
Text
630
Provenance
unknown
Date
800–899
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 449, pp. 212–14
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
In TM, Menanta is recorded under four different PER-numbers: 103396, 104663, 106144, and 106603.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.106: Name: local (Greco-Nubian), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.106:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
103396: Menanta
Role
party of deed (buyer)
Name
27616: Menanta
Name variant
59943: ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲛⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 1683

Attestation
ⲁⲣⲕ
Translation
Arki / Ark
Description
Nubian name perhaps cognate with the Nobiin ⲁⲣⲕⲓ, 'clay'; attested 3 times, none marked for gender
Text
585
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1190–1198
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
28–29
Latest edition
P. QI 3 37
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
601736: Arki
Role
in filiation
Name
200573: Arki
Name variant
300573: ⲁⲣⲕ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 1684

Attestation
ⳟⲉⳝⲓⲛⲁ̇ⲥⲓⲛⲗ̄ⲗⲟ
Translation
Ngejinasi
Description
Nubian name meaning 'daughter of Ngeji' = 'daughter of the deaf one'; attested thrice for 2 persons, neither marked for gender, but the names with the element -asi/-asti appear to be female
Text
584
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1 November 1190
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
28
Latest edition
P. QI 3 36
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Most probably the same person as in Ref 703493.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.135: Name: local (Nubian), female, non-religious, indicates filiation
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.135:
- gender: female
- ethnic regional: Nubian
- family: daughter
Person
601737: Ngejinasi
Role
landowner in description of plot of land
Name
202409: Ngejinasi
Name variant
302409: ⳟⲉⳝⲓⲛⲁⲥⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available