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IM Reference 2880

Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
388
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 2 1201
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
450127: Mena
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2881

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙ
Translation
Mariam
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from Mary Mother of God; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
395
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
900–950
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Mina 317
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.65: Name: foreign (Hebrew), female, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.65:
- gender: female
Person
602985: Mariam
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3963: Mariam
Name variant
54293: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2882

Attestation
ⲙⲓ̈ϣϣⲉⲧⲁ
Translation
Mishsheta
Description
probably Nubian name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
398
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
14 June 918 or 14 June 923
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Mina 320, pl. XVI.2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.151: Name: local (Nubian), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.151:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
602986: Mishsheta
Role
in filiation
Name
201632: Mishsheta
Name variant
301632: ⲙⲓϣϣⲉⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2883

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
Ioannes / Iōannou
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
399
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Mina 321
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
602987: Ioannes
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53801: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2884

Attestation
ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲉⲟⲩ
Translation
Mouses / Mōuseou
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament prophet and lawgiver; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
407
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
Łajtar 1994b, pp. 59–60, fig. 3
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
602988: Moiseou
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
10684: Mouses
Name variant
301666: ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲉⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2885

Attestation
ⲛⲉⲟⲙⲏⲛⲓ
Translation
Neomenia / Neomēni
Description
Greek female name meaning 'new moon'; not used outside Nubia; attested once, for a woman
Text
417
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 46 (grave 270)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.117: Name: local (Greek), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.117:
- gender: female
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
602989: Neomeni
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201681: Neomeni
Name variant
301681: ⲛⲉⲟⲙⲏⲛⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2886

Attestation
ⲙ̣ⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Translation
Maria
Description
Greco-Semitic female name deriving from Mary Mother of God
Text
454
Provenance
Tamit
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
Donadoni 1967, p. 73 (no. 35), pl. 24, 2
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
602990: Maria
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
22425: Maria
Name variant
54292: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2887

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣ̣ⲕ̣ⲟⲩ
Translation
Markos / Markou
Description
Latin male name deriving from the New Testament figure of one of the Evangelists
Text
490
Provenance
unknown
Date
25 June 775
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 21
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.72: Name: foreign (Latin), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.72:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
449817: Markos
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
10523: Markos
Name variant
54305: ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2888

Attestation
فاطمة
Translation
Fāṭima / Fatima
Description
Arabic female name meaning 'child who has been weaned off breast milk', deriving from daughter of the Prophet, wife of 'Alī
Text
511
Provenance
Meinarti
Date
26 May 1061
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
Nigm el-Din Mohammed Sherif 1964, p. 249, pl. 53 (= TEI 26109)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.27: Name: foreign (Arabic), female, Muslim
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.27:
- gender: female
- religion: Muslim
Person
602992: Fāṭima
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
200049: Fāṭima
Name variant
300049: فاطمة
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 2889

Attestation
ⲙⲁ[ⲣ]ⲕⲟ
Translation
Markos / Markⲟ
Description
Latin male name deriving from the New Testament figure of one of the Evangelists
Text
534
Provenance
Dendur
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
Łajtar 1996c, pp. 101–4, 105 (no. 2)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.72: Name: foreign (Latin), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.72:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
158570: Marko
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
10523: Markos
Name variant
54304: ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2890

Attestation
ⲁⲛⲛⲁ
Translation
Anna
Description
Hebrew female name of New Testament origin deriving from the mother of the Virgin Mary; the name is female, but at least once in Nubia attested for a man
Text
541
Provenance
unknown
Date
600–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
I. Nubia Tibiletti Bruno 50
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.68: Name: foreign (Hebrew), unisex, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.68:
- religion: Christian
Person
602994: Anna
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
2046: Anna
Name variant
52792: ⲁⲛⲛⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 2891

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲓⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ
Translation
Iesousinkouda / Isousikouda
Description
Semito-Nubian male name meaning 'servant of Jesus'; attested 19 times for 15 persons (11 men, 4 unmarked for gender)
Text
559
Provenance
Nauri
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
8
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 187–190
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.167: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.167:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
602995: Isousikouda
Role
witness
Name
200112: Iesousinkouda
Name variant
301167: ⲓⲥⲟⲩⲥⲓⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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