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IM Reference 210

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲅⲁⳝⲓ
Translation
Marigajil / Marigaji
Description
Semito-Nubian name meaning 'exultation of Mary', deriving from Virgin Mary; attested twice, unmarked for gender
Text
1037
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 53, pl. 6 (side i; side ii at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/P.QI_3-53-62.jpg)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600180: Marigaji
Role
addressee of letter
Name
201407: Marigajil
Name variant
301468: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲅⲁⳝⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 211

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲥⲁ
Translation
Pesa
Description
Nubian name, probably meaning 'sibling'; attested twice, for a single person, unmarked for gender
Text
1038
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1190–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 54, pl. 6 (side i)
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
600181: Pesa
Role
sender of letter
Name
201941: Pesa
Name variant
301941: ⲡⲉⲥⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 212

Attestation
ⲡⲁⲡⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲁ
Translation
Papon Penti
Description
double name consisting of two Nubian names, one perhaps deriving from ⲡⲁⲡⲟ, 'O father', the other probably meaning 'date-palm'
Text
1040
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 56, pl. 6
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.138: Name: local (Nubian), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
IMVar 1.138: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.138:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600182: Papon Penti
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
201847: Papon
Name variant
301861: ⲡⲁⲡⲟⲛ
Second name
201922: Penti
Second name variant
301926: ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓ
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 213

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕ[ⲁ]
Translation
Penti
Description
Nubian name, probably meaning 'date-palm'; attested 8 times for 6 persons (1 man, 5 unmarked for gender)
Text
1040
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 56, pl. 6
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
600183: Penti
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
201922: Penti
Name variant
301926: ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 214

Attestation
ⲡⲉⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍
Translation
Penti / Pent( )
Description
Nubian name, probably meaning 'date-palm'; attested 8 times for 6 persons (1 man, 5 unmarked for gender)
Text
1041
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1170–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 57
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
600184: Penta
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
201922: Penti
Name variant
301921: ⲡⲉⲛ⸌ⲧ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 215

Attestation
ⲙⲛⲉ̣ⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Mineria
Description
perhaps Nubian name cognate with the Nobiin ⲙⲓⲛⲉ, 'pigeon'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
1042
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 58, pl. 8 (side i)
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
600185: Mineria
Role
sender of letter
Name
201633: Mineria
Name variant
301633: ⲙⲛⲉⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 216

Attestation
ⳝⲟⲫⲁⲣⲓⲇⲉ
Translation
Ja'fara / Jophari
Description
Arabic female name meaning 'river' or 'lamb'; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
1043
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 59 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-32-53-59.jpg)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.23: Name: foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.23:
- gender: female
Person
600186: Jophari
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
202389: Ja‘fara
Name variant
302389: ⳝⲟⲫⲁⲣⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 217

Attestation
ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛⲗ̄
Translation
Tapara
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who loosens'; attested only for men
Text
1045
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 61, pl. 6 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-61-46-43.jpg)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.145: Name: local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.145:
- gender: male?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600187: Tapara
Role
person on list
Name
201033: Tapara
Name variant
302176: ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 218

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲟⲛⳟⲟⲕⲁⲛⲓ̄
Translation
Ionngoka / Eionngoka
Description
Nubian name probably meaning 'the glory of mother'; attested 16 times, 9 of which for a single woman, the remaing ones unmarked for gender, but the meainng strongly suggesting female name
Text
1046
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 62 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/P.QI_3-53-62.jpg)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.134: Name: local (Nubian), female (?), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.134:
- gender: female?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600188: Ionngoka
Role
person on list
Name
200870: Ionngoka
Name variant
300870: ⲉⲓⲟⲛⳟⲟⲕⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 219

Attestation
ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛⲗ̄
Translation
Tapara
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who loosens'; attested only for men
Text
1046
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 62 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/P.QI_3-53-62.jpg)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.145: Name: local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.145:
- gender: male?
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600187: Tapara
Role
person on list
Name
201033: Tapara
Name variant
302176: ⲧⲁⲡⲁⲣⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 220

Attestation
ⲥⲓⲙⲉ̣ⲟ
Translation
Simon / Simeo
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from one of the New Testamet figures thus called
Text
1050
Provenance
Sabagura
Date
900–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Donadoni 1962, p. 94 (no. d)
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
600190: Simeo
Role
author
Name
5782: Simon (m.)
Name variant
302065: ⲥⲓⲙⲉⲟ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available

IM Reference 221

Attestation
ⲓⲥⲣⲁ[ ̣ ̣]
Translation
Israel / Isra..
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the desigantion of the Promised Land or the second name of Patriarch Jacob
Text
1051
Provenance
Sabagura
Date
900–1499
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Donadoni 1962, p. 94 (no. e), pl. 29.4–5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
600191: Israel
Role
author
Name
14312: Israel
Name variant
300115: ⲓⲥⲣⲁ..
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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