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IM Reference 4548

Attestation
ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦
Translation
king
Description
Greek noun designating 'king'
Text
33
Provenance
Faras
Date
23 April 930
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 2, pl. 2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.1: Function: royal, male
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.1:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
- social status: elite
- social function: ruling family
Person
600098: Georgios
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4549

Attestation
ⲙ︤ⲏ︦ⲣ︥ ⲃ︤ⲗ︦ⲥ︥
Translation
queen mother
Description
Greek term 'mother of the king' designating the mother of the future one and the sister of the current ruler
Text
33
Provenance
Faras
Date
23 April 930
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Khartoum Copt. 2, pl. 2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.2: Function: royal, female
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.2:
- gender: female
- ethnic regional: Nubian
- social status: elite
- social function: ruling family
Person
600034: Mariam
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4550

Attestation
ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲭⲟⲥ
Translation
monk
Description
basic Greek term designating a monk
Text
92
Provenance
Faras
Date
18 April 933
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., p. 115, fig. 29
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.39: Function: monastic
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.39:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social function: monastic
Person
600101: Dioskoros
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4551

Attestation
ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲩ
Translation
deacon
Description
Greek term designating a low-ranking ecclesiastic function
Text
451
Provenance
Tamit
Date
1200–1499
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
van Gerven Oei – Tsakos 2017a, pp. 269–270
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.30: Function: ecclesiastic, lower
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.30:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social function: ecclesiastic
Person
600102: Philo
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4552

Attestation
Translation
priest
Description
Greek term designating priest
Text
457
Provenance
Ghazali
Date
700–999
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Ghazali 75
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.29: Function: ecclesiastic, mid-ranking
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.29:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social function: ecclesiastic
Person
600103: ---ilo
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4553

Attestation
ⲕ︦ⲗ︦ⲏ︦
Translation
cleric
Description
Greek term 'cleric', normally referring to all representatives of ecclesiasic staff, but in Nubia apparently designating a separate ecclesiastic function of lower rank
Text
518
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Date
8 September 995
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Plumley – Adams 1974, p. 235, pl. 51; Łajtar – van der Vliet 2013, pp. 160, 163
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.30: Function: ecclesiastic, lower
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.30:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social function: ecclesiastic
Person
600106: Isoud( )
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4554

Attestation
ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦
Translation
king
Description
Greek noun designating 'king'
Text
540
Provenance
Sai
Date
before 1027–before 1057
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek/Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
SEG 51 2203
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.1: Function: royal, male
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.1:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
- social status: elite
- social function: ruling family
Person
600052: Stephanos
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4555

Attestation
ⲉⲡⲓⲥ⸌ⲕ⸍ ⲍⲁⲏ
Translation
bishop of Zai (= Sai)
Description
Greek term designating the head of the dioecese of Sai
Text
540
Provenance
Sai
Date
before 1027–before 1057
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
SEG 51 2203
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.28: Function: ecclesiastic, high
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.28:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social status: elite
- social function: ecclesiastic
Person
600109: Iesou
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4556

Attestation
ⲃ︦ⲗ︦ⲥ︦
Translation
king
Description
Greek noun designating 'king'
Text
558
Provenance
Wadi el-Natrun
Date
17 September 1157
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
van Gerven Oei 2011, pp. 225–62, fig. 1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.1: Function: royal, male
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.1:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
- social status: elite
- social function: ruling family
Person
600111: Georgios
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 4557

Attestation
ⲟⲩⲣⲟⲩⲉⲗ̄
Translation
king
Description
Old Nubian noun designating 'king'
Text
559
Provenance
Nauri
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 187–190
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.1: Function: royal, male
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.1:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
- social status: elite
- social function: ruling family
Person
600112: Basil
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4558

Attestation
ⲍⲁⲉⲓ ⲡⲁⲡⲁⲥ
Translation
bishop of Zai (= Sai)
Description
Old Nubian term designating the head of the diocese of Sai
Text
559
Provenance
Nauri
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1–2
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 187–190
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 2: Function
Identity marker variant
IMVar 2.28: Function: ecclesiastic, high
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 2.28:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social status: elite
- social function: ecclesiastic
Person
600113: Simeon
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 4559

Attestation
ⲁⲃ
Translation
abba
Description
Aramaic word meaning 'father' used commonly in the Christian milieau as an honorific title for monastics; assigned also to bishops
Text
561
Provenance
Dongola
Date
27 February 1060
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Łajtar 2002, pp. 186–8 (no. 2)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 3: Title of address
Identity marker variant
IMVar 3.2: Title: monastic, male
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 3.2:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social function: monastic
Person
600037: Georgios
Role
 
Name
 
Name variant
 
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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