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IM Reference 912

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲣⲁⲉⲓⲟ̇ⲕⲟ
Translation
Irai / Eiraei
Description
Nubian name deriving from ⲉⲓⲣ-, 'to be able to; power'; attested 6 times, none marked for gender
Text
2810
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
NOM 5, no. 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
600912: Irai
Role
person on list
Name
200887: Irai
Name variant
300887: ⲉⲓⲣⲁⲉⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 913

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲕⲟⲕⲁ
Translation
Irouko / Eirouko
Description
Nubian name meaning 'having power'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
2836
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
P. QI 4 94, fig. 37
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
600914: Irouko
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
200893: Irouko
Name variant
300893: ⲉⲓⲣⲟⲩⲕⲟ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 914

Attestation
ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲓ
Translation
Merkourios / Merki
Description
Latin name deriving from the general of Cappadocia, martyr under Decius
Text
2851
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
P. QI 4 110, fig. 54
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
600916: Merki
Role
deliverer of letter?
Name
10598: Merkourios
Name variant
301569: ⲙⲉⲣⲕⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 915

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ⸌ⲙⲏ⸍ⲛⲓ
Translation
Mariam / Mariami / Mariamē
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from Mary Mother of God; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2927
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2015, pp. 74–84 (no. 1), fig. 1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600917: Mariami
Role
person on list
Name
3963: Mariam
Name variant
54294: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 916

Attestation
ⲙⲁϣϣⲟⲩⲇⲁⲛⲗ̄
Translation
Mashshouda
Description
Nubian name of unclear etymology, probably connected with 'sun'; attested 27 times, of which 22 times for men
Text
2927
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2015, pp. 74–84 (no. 1), fig. 1
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
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.138:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600918: Mashshouda
Role
person on list
Name
200113: Mashshouda
Name variant
301540: ⲙⲁϣϣⲟⲩⲇⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 917

Attestation
ⲥⲉⲩⲏⲣⲟⲩ
Translation
Seueros / Seuērou
Description
Latin male name deriving from the patriarch of Anthioch
Text
3076
Provenance
Tafa – Kalabsha region
Date
circa 600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
SEG 65 2012
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
600919: Seueros
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
7628: Severus
Name variant
55186: ⲥⲉⲩⲏⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 918

Attestation
ⲑⲱⲙⲁ
Translation
Thomas / Thoma / Thōma
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from Apostle Thomas
Text
75
Provenance
Dongola
Date
29 April 799
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
I. Warsaw 113, pl. 113
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.41: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.41:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
162587: Thoma
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
5597: Thomas
Name variant
53606: ⲑⲱⲙⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 919

Attestation
ⲙⲉⲣ⸌ⲕ⸍ⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Translation
Merkouriosphoros / Merk( )phoros
Description
Greco-Latin name meaning 'bearing Merkourios' deriving from St Mercurius of Cappadocia
Text
557
Provenance
Aswan
Date
7 April 1322
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
Łajtar forthcoming (d)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.177: Name: local (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.177:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600921: Merkouriosphoros
Role
in prayer for salvation of several rulers
Name
201576: Merkouriosphoros
Name variant
301579: ⲙⲉⲣ⸌ⲕ⸍ⲫⲟⲣⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 920

Attestation
ⲧ[ⲁ]ⲙ̣ⲥⲓⲛⲓ
Translation
Tamsi
Description
Nubian name, perhaps cognate with the Nobiin ⲧⲁⲙ-, 'to speak (in sleep); wish; guess'; attested 6 times for 5 persons (2 men, 3 unmarked for gender)
Text
2792
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
P. QI 4 72, figs. 12–13
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
It cannot be excluded that the lacuna should be supplemented with an epsilon, thus ⲧ[ⲉ]ⲙ̣ⲥⲓⲛⲓ, attested in DBMNT 2791.
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
600922: Tamsi
Role
person on list
Name
202165: Tamsi
Name variant
302165: ⲧⲁⲙⲥⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 921

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ̣⸍ⲕ̣ⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ̣⸍ⲇⲁ
Translation
Mart( )kouda / Mart( )koudda
Description
Greco-Nubian name meaning 'servant of martyr(s)'; attested 7 times, for 2 men
Text
638
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
circa 1268–before 1276
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
P. QI 4 69, fig. 7
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 22a.
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
uncertain
Name
201499: Mart( )kouda
Name variant
301499: ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲕⲟⲩ⸌ⲇ⸍ⲇⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 922

Attestation
[ⲓ]ⲱⲁ̇ⲛ[ⲛ]ⲟⲩ̣
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
1872
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1299
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 195–8, fig. 70
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender is not specified, but the list DBMNT 1872 seems to contain only male names.
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
600924: Ioannou
Role
person on list
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53803: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 923

Attestation
ⲥⲁⲗⲓ
Translation
Sali
Description
Nubian name meaning 'speaker'; attested thrice for a single person, unmarked for gender
Text
2835
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
 
Line
12
Latest edition
P. QI 4 93, figs. 35–6
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading and interpretation of the name corrected in NOM 4, no, 34a.
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
600925: Sali
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
202867: Sali
Name variant
303080: ⲥⲁⲗⲓ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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