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IM Reference 2505

Attestation
ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
Translation
Muḥammad / Muhammad
Description
male name of Arabic origin meaning 'praiseworthy', deriving from the name of the Prophet
Text
572
Provenance
Arminna
Date
27 March 1010
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5
Latest edition
RCEA 6 2142 (= TEI 6048)
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
602587: Muḥammad
Role
patron of Ṣāfī
Name
9456: Muḥammad
Name variant
300020: ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2506

Attestation
ابرهيم
Translation
Abraham / Ibrahīm / Ibrahim
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; common in Abrahamic religions
Text
703
Provenance
Tafa
Date
20 October 832
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5
Latest edition
Wiet 1941, p. 73 (no. 3314) (= TEI 20313)
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
602588: Ibrahīm
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
1707: Abraham
Name variant
300032: ابرهيم
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2507

Attestation
ⲕⲟⲛⲁⲁ̇ⳣⲓⲥⲗ̄
Translation
Konaawisil
Description
Nubian name probably meaning 'the doing of the master'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
1028
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1155–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5–6
Latest edition
P. QI 3 44
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
602589: Konaawisil
Role
uncertain (buying land?)
Name
201308: Konaawisil
Name variant
301308: ⲕⲟⲛⲁⲁⳣⲓⲥⲗ̄
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2508

Attestation
ⲟⲣⲛⲟⲩⲧⲧⲁⲛⲗ̄
Translation
Orinourta / Ornoutta
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'possession of the head'; attested 13 times for 11 persons (6 men, 5 unmarked for gender)
Text
1045
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5–6
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
602215: Orinourta
Role
person on list
Name
201729: Orinourta
Name variant
301736: ⲟⲣⲛⲟⲩⲧⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2509

Attestation
ⲥⲉⲛ̣ⲧⲓⲕⲟⲛⲗ̄
Translation
Sentikol / Sentiko
Description
Nubian name possibly meaning 'the one who has questions'; attested thrice, none marked for gender
Text
1046
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
5–6
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.
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 16d.
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
602591: Sentiko
Role
person on list
Name
202046: Sentikol
Name variant
302048: ⲥⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲟ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2510

Attestation
ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁ[ⲥ]
Translation
Andreas
Description
Greek male name deriving from one of the Apostles in the New Testament
Text
1416
Provenance
Aksha
Date
probably 900–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5–6
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., p. 102, fig. 24
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
602592: Andreas
Role
commemorated person
Name
2024: Andreas
Name variant
52762: ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2511

Attestation
ⲇⲓⲟⲥⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Dioskoros
Description
Greek male name deriving from an Egyptian martyr under Decian, either monk and bishop of Hermopolis Parva, d. 402/3, or martyr of Kynopolis, d. ca. 305; attested 5 times in Nubia, for 5 men
Text
2284
Provenance
Hamadab
Date
600–1199
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5–6
Latest edition
Monneret de Villard 1935–57: 1, pp. 61–2
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
602593: Dioskoros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
2828: Dioskoros
Name variant
53200: ⲇⲓⲟⲥⲕⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2512

Attestation
ⲡⲁ[---]
Translation
Pa---
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
2395
Provenance
Kulb
Date
probably 700–999
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
5–6
Latest edition
Müller 1970, pp. 245–250, figs. 204–207
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
602594: Pa---
Role
in filiation
Name
200201: Pa---
Name variant
300201: ⲡⲁ---
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2513

Attestation
ⳟⲟⲛⲛⳡ̄ⳡⲓ ⲅⲇ̄ⲇⲗ̄ⲕⲁ
Translation
Ngonninynyi Giddil
Description
double name consisting of two Nubian names, one perhaps meaning 'joy of queen mother', the other perhaps cognate with the Kenzi/Dongolawi gidd, 'to forbid, hinder' or 'to choke, be strangled'
Text
2808
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1000–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5–6
Latest edition
P. QI 4 75, fig. 17
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
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
602595: Ngonninynyi Giddil
Role
uncertain (person on list?)
Name
202434: Ngonninynyi
Name variant
302434: ⳟⲟⲛⲛⳡ̄ⳡⲓ
Second name
202870: Giddil
Second name variant
303084: ⲅⲇ̄ⲇⲗ̄
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2514

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Maria
Description
Greco-Semitic female name deriving from Mary Mother of God
Text
308
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5–6
Latest edition
I. Mina 228
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.53: Name: foreign (Greco-Semitic), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.53:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
602596: Maria
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
22425: Maria
Name variant
54292: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2515

Attestation
جمانة‬
Translation
Jamāna / Jamana
Description
Arabic female name meaning 'pearl'; attested once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
576
Provenance
Tafa
Date
4 February 1113
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5
Latest edition
Wiet 1939, p. 184 (no. 2322), pl. 32 (= TEI 7626)
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
602597: Jamāna
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200365: Jamāna
Name variant
300365: جمانة‬
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2516

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲕⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲇⲁ
Translation
Mart( )kouda / Mart( )koudda
Description
Greco-Nubian name meaning 'servant of martyr(s)'; attested 7 times, for 2 men
Text
637
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
circa 1268–before 1276
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5
Latest edition
P. QI 4 67, fig. 5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.107: Name: local (Greco-Nubian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.107:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600923: Mart( )kouda
Role
in protocol
Name
201499: Mart( )kouda
Name variant
301499: ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲕⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲇⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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