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Name
foreign (?) (Arabic?), male (?)
foreign (?) (Arabic?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious (?)
foreign (?) (Blemmyan/Beja?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), female, unknown character
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), male (?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), non-religious (?)
foreign (?) (Egyptian?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Greek?), female, unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), male, unknown character
foreign (?) (Greek?), non-religious
foreign (?) (Greek?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Hebrew?), male (?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Latin?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), Christian
foreign (?) (Semitic?), Christian (?)
foreign (?) (Semitic?), female (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (Semitic?), unknown character
foreign (?) (non-Nubian?), male (?), unknown character
foreign (?) (non-Nubian?), unknown character
foreign (Arabic or Blemmyan/Beja), female, unknown character
foreign (Arabic) male kunya, Islamic
foreign (Arabic) unisex, Muslim (?)
foreign (Arabic), female kunya, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), female, Muslim
foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), female, non-religious, indicates filiation
foreign (Arabic), female, unknown character
foreign (Arabic), male kunya, non-religious
foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim, indicates filiation
foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
foreign (Arabic), male, religious character
foreign (Arabic), male, unknown character
foreign (Arabic), non-religious
foreign (Arabic), unisex, non-religious
foreign (Arabic/Beja), male, non-religious, indicates filiation and ethnos
foreign (Arabicised Hebrew), male, Muslim (?)
foreign (Aramaic), female, Christian
foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
foreign (Aramaic), male, Christian
foreign (Aramaic), uncertain character
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), male (?),non-religious, indicates filiation
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), non-religious
foreign (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious
foreign (Egyptian), female, Christian (?)
foreign (Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (Egyptian), male, non-religious
foreign (Egyptian?), female, unknown character
foreign (Greco-Egyptian), female, Christian
foreign (Greco-Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (Greco-Latin), male, Christian
foreign (Greco-Semitic), female, Christian
foreign (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
foreign (Greek), Christian
foreign (Greek), female, Christian
foreign (Greek), female, non-religious
foreign (Greek), male, Christian
foreign (Greek), male, Christian (?)
foreign (Greek), male, non-religious
foreign (Greek), male, unknown character
foreign (Greek), unisex, Christian
foreign (Greek), unisex, non-religious
foreign (Greek), unknown character
foreign (Hebrew), female, Biblical
foreign (Hebrew), female, Christian
foreign (Hebrew), male, Biblical
foreign (Hebrew), male, Christian
foreign (Hebrew), unisex, Christian
foreign (Latin), female, Christian
foreign (Latin), female, non-religious
foreign (Latin), male, Christian
foreign (Latin), male, non-religious
foreign (Latin), male, unknown character
foreign (Persian), male, Christian
foreign (Semitic), Christian
foreign (Semitic), female, Christian (?)
foreign (Semitic?), unknown character
foreign (Semito-Egyptian), female, Christian
foreign (Semito-Egyptian), male, Christian
foreign (non-Nubian), unknown character
foreign, Christian
ghost-name
local (?) (Arabic?), non-religious
local (?) (Egyptian), non-religious
local (?) (Egyptian?), non-religious
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), non-religious
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), non-religious, indicates origin
local (?) (Greco-Nubian?), unknown character
local (?) (Greek or Greco-Nubian?), Christian
local (?) (Greek), non-religious
local (?) (Greek?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Greek?), unknown character
local (?) (Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), female (?), non-religious (?), indicates filiation (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), female (?), unknown character
local (?) (Nubian?), male (?), non-religious (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), male (?), non-religious (?), indicates filiation (?)
local (?) (Nubian?), non-religious
local (?) (Nubian?), unknown character
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), Christian
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (?) (Semito-Nubian?), unknown character
local (Arabic), Christian
local (Greco-Egyptian), female, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), Christian (?)
local (Greco-Nubian), female, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Greco-Nubian), male, non-religious
local (Greco-Nubian), non-religious
local (Greco-Nubian), unknown character
local (Greco-Semitic), Christian
local (Greco-Semitic), male, Christian
local (Greco?-Nubian), male, unknown character, indicates filiation
local (Greek or Nubian), non-religious
local (Greek) male, unknown character
local (Greek), Christian
local (Greek), Christian (?)
local (Greek), female, Christian
local (Greek), female, non-religious
local (Greek), male, Christian
local (Greek), male, non-religious
local (Greek), non-religious
local (Hebrew), Christian
local (Latino-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Makurian), Christian
local (Makurian), male, Christian
local (Makurian), male, non-religious
local (Makurian), male, unknown character
local (Makurian), non-religious
local (Nubian or Greco-Nubian), male, unknown character
local (Nubian or Greco-Nubian), unknown character
local (Nubian or Semito-Nubian), male, Christian (?)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Arabic)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Aramaic)
local (Nubian) or foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), non-religious
local (Nubian), Christian
local (Nubian), Christian (?)
local (Nubian), female (?), non-religious
local (Nubian), female, non-religious
local (Nubian), female, non-religious, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious
local (Nubian), male (?), non-religious, indicates filiation (?)
local (Nubian), male (?), unknown character
local (Nubian), male, Christian
local (Nubian), male, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male, non-religious
local (Nubian), male, non-religious, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), male, unknown character
local (Nubian), male, unknown character, indicates filiation
local (Nubian), non-religious
local (Nubian), non-religious, describes physical appearance
local (Nubian), non-religious, indicates origin
local (Nubian), unisex, non-religious
local (Nubian), unknown character
local (Semito-Nubian) male, uncertain character
local (Semito-Nubian), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female (?), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), female, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Semito-Nubian), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian), male, Christian, indicates filiation
local (Semito-Nubian), unisex, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian: Makurian), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), Christian (?)
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian (?)
local (Semito-Nubian?), male, Christian (?), indicates filiation
local (Semito?-Nubian: Makurian), male, Christian
unidentified
unidentified, Christian (?)
Function
civil (?), high-ranking (?)
civil (?), high-ranking (?), local
civil (?), low-ranking (?)
civil (?), low-ranking (?), local (?)
civil (?), mid-ranking (?), local
civil (?), unidentified
civil (or honorific title)
civil, high-ranking
civil, high-ranking (?)
civil, high-ranking (?), local
civil, high-ranking, central
civil, high-ranking, local
civil, low-ranking
civil, low-ranking (?), local
civil, low-ranking, central (?)
civil, low-ranking, local
civil, low-ranking, local (or filiation marker)
civil, mid-ranking
civil, mid-ranking (?)
civil, mid-ranking (?), central
civil, mid-ranking (?), local
civil, mid-ranking, local
ecclesiastic (?), unidentified
ecclesiastic or monastic, unidentified
ecclesiastic, high
ecclesiastic, highest
ecclesiastic, highest (?)
ecclesiastic, lower
ecclesiastic, lower (?)
ecclesiastic, lower, female
ecclesiastic, mid-ranking
ecclesiastic, unidentified
military (?)
military (?), naval
monastic
monastic, high
monastic, highest
monastic, lower
monastic, unidentified
royal (?), female (?)
royal, female
royal, male
uncertain (civil or military)
uncertain (ecclesiastic or civil)
uncertain (monastic, ecclesiastic, or civil)
unidentified (function or title)
Title of address
ecclesiastic, male
lay, male
monastic, female
monastic, male
monastic, male, high
unidentified, male, high (?)
Epithet
civil, high
ecclesiastic, high
excellence, male
modesty, male
patronage, Christian
religious, Christian
religious, Muslim
royal (?)
royal, Christian
royal, Christian or high ecclesiastic
royal, non-religious
special
Family relation
ancestor 1 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 2 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 3 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 4 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 5 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 6 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 7 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 8 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 9 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 10 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 11 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor 12 (m) of so-and-so
ancestor of so-and-so
aunt of so-and-so
brother of so-and-so
child of so-and-so
child-in-law of so-and-so
daughter of so-and-so
descendant 1 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 1 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 2 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 2 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 3 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 3 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 4 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 4 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 5 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 5 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 6 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 6 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 7 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 7 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 8 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 8 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 9 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 9 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 10 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 10 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 11 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 11 (m) of so-and-so
descendant 12 (f) of so-and-so
descendant 12 (m) of so-and-so
descendant of so-and-so
father of so-and-so
granddaughter of so-and-so
grandfather of so-and-so
grandmother of so-and-so
grandparent of so-and-so
grandson of so-and-so
great granddaughter of so-and-so
great grandfather of so-and-so
great grandmother of so-and-so
great grandparent of so-and-so
great grandson of so-and-so
husband of so-and-so
mother of so-and-so
nephew of so-and-so
parent of so-and-so
sibling of so-and-so
sister of so-and-so
son of so-and-so
spouse of so-and-so
uncle of so-and-so
wife of so-and-so
Origin
place (Egypt)
place (Egypt?)
place (Makuria)
place (Nobadia)
place (Nubia)
place (Nubia?)
place (South Arabia)
tribe/clan (Arabic-speaking)
tribe/clan (Nubian?)
Occupation
construction works
crafts
intellectual, Muslim
physical
Social status
owner, female
owner, male
patron, female
patron, male
protégé, female
protégé, male
slave
slave, female
slave, male
Name variant id
Name variant
Name id
Name
Identities
values:
gender
female
male
unknown
religion
Catholic
Christian
Muslim
unknown
ethnic/regional
Alwan
Arabic or Blemmyan/Beja
Arabic-speaking
Blemmyan/Beja
Blemmyan/Beja-Nubian
Egyptian
non-Nubian
Nubian
Nubian: Makurian
Nubian: Nobadian
Nubian or Arabic
Nubian or Blemmyan
family relation
ancestor
aunt
brother
child
child-in-law
daughter
descendant
father
father-in-law
grandchild
granddaughter
grandfather
grandmother
grandparent
grandson
great granddaughter
great grandfather
great grandmother
great grandparent
great grandson
husband
mother
nephew
niece
parent
sibling
sister
son
spouse
uncle
wife
social status
commoner
elite
slave
wealthy
social function
civil officer
civil or military officer
ecclesiastic
ecclesiastic or civil
ecclesiastic/monastic
military officer
monastic
ruling family
working class
physical appearance
Person id
Person
Text id
Text provenance
values:
4th Cataract
Abd el-Qadir
Abdallah-n Irqi
Abkanarti
Abkur
Abu Haraz
Abu Oda
Adindan
Akasha-West
Aksha
Amada
Amantogo
Amara
Aniba
Argin
Arminna
Arminna West
Ashkeit area
Ashkeit area, Bintibirra hill
Askut
Aswan
Attiri
Bakhit
Banganarti
Bauga
Begrawiya
Biga
Boni Island
Dakka (Pselchis)
Dar el-Arab
Debeiba
Debeira West
Debod
Dendur
Derr
Diffinarti
Dongola
Edfu
el-Arak
el-Doma
el-Donga
el-Fereikha
el-Ganaet(i)
el-Khandaq
el-Koro
el-Ramal
el-Usheir
el-Zuma
Fagirinfenti
Faras
Faras (Colasucia)
Figirantawu (Gendal Irqi)
Ganetti
Gebaliya Island
Gebel Abu Negila
Gebel Adda
Gebel Audun
Gebel Barkal
Gebel Ghaddar
Gebel Gorgod
Gebel Noh/Kajbar
Geteina
Gezira Dabarosa
Ghazali
Ginari
Gindinarri
Goshabi
Goz Regeb
Hag Magid
Hamadab
Hambukol
Hannek
Hindawi
Ikhmindi
Kalabsha
Kalabsha (Beit el-Wali)
Karanog
Karmel
Kasanarti
Kasanarti Island
Kasingar
Kenisa
Kertassi
Khalewa
Khor Dam el-Tor
Kirbekan
Kolotod
Komangana
Kor
Korosko East
Koya
Kudi
Kulb
Kulme island
Kulubnarti
Masida (Miseeda)
Masmas, Khor Kokmar
Masmas, Nag’ Sawesra
Meili Island
Meinarti
Meroe
Merowi East
Meshantawwo / Ukma-West
Missiminia
Mograt Island
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Mushu (Mesho)
Nag’ el-Arab
Nag’ el-Oqba
Nag’ el-Sheikh Sharaf
Nag’ el-Sheima
Nag’ Marsa Kuleig = Nag’ el-Gama
Nauri
Nawi
Nilwatti Island
not Nubian
Nuri
Ofedunia (Maharraqa)
Qasr Ibrim
Qasr Ibrim – Faras region
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Qasr Iko
Qasr Wadi Nimri
Qasr el-Wizz
Qasr’antawu (Gemai-West)
Qena
Qustul
Sabagura
Sagiet el-Abd
Sahaba
Sai
Sakinya
Sedeinga
Selib
Semna
Serra
Serra-East
Serra-West
Sheikh Arab Hag
Sheikh Daud
Sheikh Gebel
Sheima Amalika
Shirgondinarti Island
Sinesra
Soba
Sonqi Tino
Suegi-East
Sunnarti
Sur Island
Tafa
Tafa / Bab Kalabsha
Tafa – Kalabsha region
Tamit
Tangasi Island
Teiti
Tokor
Tondi
Toshkei
Tunkid
Turkab
Ukma
Ukma-East
Ukma-West
Umm Qatatia
Umm Ruweim
Umm Usher Island
unknown
Us Island
Wadi Halfa
Wadi el-Natrun
Wadi el-Sebua
Text region
values:
Alwa
Butana
Egypt
Kordofan
Makuria
Nobadia
unknown
Date
contains
strict
non-strict
Text type
values:
acclamation
alphabet
catalogue
colophon
commemorative inscription
date
dedicatory inscription
document
document: economic
document: legal
document: letter
document: list
document: official
epitaph
foundation inscription
invocation
legend
literary
literary: apocryphal
literary: biblical
literary: hagiographic
literary: homiletic
literary: patristic
liturgical
liturgical: hymn
liturgical: lectionary
liturgical: prayer
name
name of divine entity/saint
official inscription
other
owner's inscription
private prayer
school exercise
subliterary
subliterary: catalogue of names
subliterary: horoscope
subliterary: magical
tag
unidentified
visitor's inscription
Text language
values:
Arabic
Coptic
Coptic or Greek
Coptic or Old Nubian
Greek
Greek/Coptic
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Greek/Old Nubian
Old Nubian
Old Nubian & Arabic
Old Nubian/Coptic
Provençal
Syriac
unidentified
IMRef linguistic context
values:
Arabic
Coptic
Greek
Greek/Coptic
Greek/Old Nubian
Old Nubian
Provençal
unidentified
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8412
/
Dongola
/
800–999
/
Greek
/
Name
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ⲙ̣ⲁ̣[ⲣ]ⲕⲟⲩ
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8413
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Dongola
/
800–999
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Greek
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Title of address
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ⲁ̄ⲃ︦
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8414
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Dongola
/
800–999
/
Greek
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Function
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ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉ
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8415
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Dongola
/
800–999
/
Greek
/
Name
/
ⲓⲅⲛⲁⲧⲓⲟⲩ
displayed below
8416
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Dongola
/
800–999
/
Greek
/
Title of address
/
ⲁ̄ⲃ︦
displayed below
8417
/
Dongola
/
800–999
/
Greek
/
Name
/
ⲭⲣⲓⲥ[ⲧⲟⲇⲟⲩ]ⲗ̣ⲟⲩ̣
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8418
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Dongola
/
800–999
/
Greek
/
Title of address
/
ⲁ̄ⲃ︦
displayed below
8419
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Tafa
/
5 January 860
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Arabic
/
Name
/
صباح
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8420
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Tafa
/
5 January 860
/
Arabic
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Family relation
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[--- ا]بنت صباح
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8421
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Tafa
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15 October 874
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Arabic
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Name
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مريم
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8422
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Tafa
/
15 October 874
/
Arabic
/
Social status
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مريم مولات ام يحيا بن عباس
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8423
/
Tafa
/
15 October 874
/
Arabic
/
Name
/
ام يحيا
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IM Reference 8412
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙ̣ⲁ̣[ⲣ]ⲕⲟⲩ
Translation
Markos / Markos
Description
Latin male name deriving from the New Testament figure of one of the Evangelists
Text
4433
Provenance
Dongola
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
6–7
Latest edition
Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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
604387: Markos
Role
participant of synod
Name
10523: Markos
Name variant
54306: ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 8413
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲁ̄ⲃ︦
Translation
abba
Description
Aramaic word meaning 'father' used commonly in the Christian milieau as an honorific title for monastics; assigned also to bishops
Text
4433
Provenance
Dongola
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
6
Latest edition
Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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
604387: Markos
Role
Name
Name variant
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
Full-size image
IM Reference 8414
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲕⲟⲩⲣⲧⲉ
Translation
(bishop of) Kourte
Description
the designation consists only of the toponym Kourte, but the context (list of bishops) clearly shows that the word 'bishop' was simply omitted
Text
4433
Provenance
Dongola
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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
604387: Markos
Role
Name
Name variant
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
Full-size image
IM Reference 8415
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲓⲅⲛⲁⲧⲓⲟⲩ
Translation
Ignatios / Ignatiou
Description
Latin name deriving from the bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, 1st/2nd century
Text
4433
Provenance
Dongola
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
8
Latest edition
Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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
604388: Ignatios
Role
participant of synod
Name
9618: Ignatios
Name variant
301070: ⲓⲅⲛⲁⲧⲓⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
Full-size image
IM Reference 8416
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲁ̄ⲃ︦
Translation
abba
Description
Aramaic word meaning 'father' used commonly in the Christian milieau as an honorific title for monastics; assigned also to bishops
Text
4433
Provenance
Dongola
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
8
Latest edition
Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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
604388: Ignatios
Role
Name
Name variant
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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IM Reference 8417
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Attestation
ⲭⲣⲓⲥ[ⲧⲟⲇⲟⲩ]ⲗ̣ⲟⲩ̣
Translation
Christodoulos / Christodoulou
Description
foreign (Greek) male name meaning 'servant of Christ'; attested only once in Nubia
Text
4433
Provenance
Dongola
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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
604389: Christodoulos
Role
participant of synod
Name
27312: Christodoulos
Name variant
303269: ⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲇⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
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IM Reference 8418
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Attestation
ⲁ̄ⲃ︦
Translation
abba
Description
Aramaic word meaning 'father' used commonly in the Christian milieau as an honorific title for monastics; assigned also to bishops
Text
4433
Provenance
Dongola
Date
800–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
Derda – Łajtar 2019, pp. 138–132, fig. 3
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
604389: Christodoulos
Role
Name
Name variant
Second name
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IM Reference 8419
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Attestation
صباح
Translation
Ṣabāḥ / Sabah
Description
Arabic male name meaning 'morning'
Text
4435
Provenance
Tafa
Date
5 January 860
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
Wiet 1936a, p. 78 (no. 551) (= TEI 17549)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
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
604390: Ṣabāḥ
Role
in filiation
Name
202478: Ṣabāḥ
Name variant
303270: ﺼﺒﺎﺡ
Second name
Second name variant
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IM Reference 8420
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Attestation
[--- ا]بنت صباح
Translation
--- bint Ṣabāḥ / --- daughter of Sabah
Description
expression of father-child relation in Arabic
Text
4435
Provenance
Tafa
Date
5 January 860
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
Column
Line
6–7
Latest edition
Wiet 1936a, p. 78 (no. 551) (= TEI 17549)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 5: Family relation
Identity marker variant
IMVar 5.4: Family relation: father of so-and-so
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 5.4:
- gender: male
- family: father
Person
604390: Ṣabāḥ
Role
Name
Name variant
Second name
Second name variant
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IM Reference 8421
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Attestation
مريم
Translation
Mariam / Maryam
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from Mary Mother of God; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
4436
Provenance
Tafa
Date
15 October 874
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
Column
Line
4
Latest edition
Hassan Hawary – Hussein Rached 1939, p. 103 (no. 1015) (= TEI 17997)
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
604391: Maryam
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3963: Mariam
Name variant
303271: مريم
Second name
Second name variant
Source
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IM Reference 8422
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Attestation
مريم مولات ام يحيا بن عباس
Translation
Maryam mawlāt Umm Yaḥyā bint 'Abbās / Maryam, mawla of Umm Yahya daughter of Abbas
Description
Arabic designation of persons in relation of inferiority with another party (freedman, protégé, client)
Text
4436
Provenance
Tafa
Date
15 October 874
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
Column
Line
4–5
Latest edition
Hassan Hawary – Hussein Rached 1939, p. 103 (no. 1015) (= TEI 17997)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 8: Social status
Identity marker variant
IMVar 8.4: Social status: protégé, female
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 8.4:
- gender: female
- social status: commoner?
Person
604391: Maryam
Role
Name
Name variant
Second name
Second name variant
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IM Reference 8423
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Attestation
ام يحيا
Translation
Umm Yaḥyā / Umm Yahya
Description
foreign (Hebrew-Arabic) female kunya meaning 'mother of Yaḥya'
Text
4436
Provenance
Tafa
Date
15 October 874
Language
Arabic
Linguistic context
Arabic
Side/page
Column
Line
4–5
Latest edition
Hassan Hawary – Hussein Rached 1939, p. 103 (no. 1015) (= TEI 17997)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.25: Name: foreign (Arabic), female kunya, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.25:
- gender: female
- family: mother
Person
604392: Umm Yaḥyā
Role
patron of Maryam
Name
203008: Umm Yaḥyā
Name variant
303272: ام يحيى
Second name
Second name variant
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