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IM Reference 972

Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲥⲟⲩⲥⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁⲕⲟ̣ⲛ̣
Translation
Iesousinkouda / Isousinkouda
Description
Semito-Nubian male name meaning 'servant of Jesus'; attested 19 times for 15 persons (11 men, 4 unmarked for gender)
Text
2849
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
Latest edition
P. QI 4 108, fig. 51
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
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
600981: Isousinkouda
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
200112: Iesousinkouda
Name variant
301170: ⲓⲥⲟⲩⲥⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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IM Reference 973

Attestation
ⲧ̣ⲉⲓⲧⲟⲩ
Translation
Teita / Teitou
Description
Nubian name meaning 'hope'; attested 7 times for 6 persons (2 men, 4 unmarked for gender)
Text
2849
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
Latest edition
P. QI 4 108, fig. 51
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
600982: Teitou
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
202212: Teita
Name variant
302217: ⲧⲉⲓⲧⲟⲩ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 974

Attestation
ⲉⲓⲟ̇ⲛⲓ
Translation
Io / Eio
Description
Nubian name probably cognate with the Nobiin ⲓⲟ-, 'mother; my mother'; attested twice, neither marked for gender
Text
2927
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
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 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600983: Io
Role
person on list
Name
202850: Io
Name variant
300856: ⲉⲓⲟ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 975

Attestation
ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲙⲏⲛⲗ̄
Translation
Souami / Souamē
Description
unidentified name; attested only once
Text
2927
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
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 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
600984: Souami
Role
person on list
Name
202089: Souami
Name variant
302089: ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲙⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 976

Attestation
̣ ̣ ̣ⲉ ̣ ̣ϣ̣ϣ̣ⲛ̄ⲛⲓ
Translation
...e..shshi
Description
most probably Nubian name, but etymology unknown; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
2927
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
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 1.151: Name: local (Nubian), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.151:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600985: ...e..shshi
Role
person on list
Name
200310: ...e..shshi
Name variant
300310: ...ⲉ..ϣϣ-
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 978

Attestation
ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ[---]
Translation
Koudanpesa / Kouda---
Description
Nubian name probably meaning 'the sibling of servant'; attested 7 times, 3 of which for a single man, the other unmarked for gender
Text
557
Provenance
Aswan
Date
7 April 1322
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
Latest edition
Łajtar forthcoming (a)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
600987: Koudanpesa
Role
in prayer for salvation of several rulers
Name
200046: Koudanpesa
Name variant
301328: ⲕⲟⲩⲇⲁ---
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 979

Attestation
ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ
Translation
Zacharias
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from either an Old Testament figure (prophet or king of Judah) or the New Testament one (father of John the Baptist); common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
650
Provenance
Banganarti
Date
800–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 1 12, fig. 13
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
600989: Zacharias
Role
commemorated person
Name
6440: Zacharias
Name variant
53404: ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 980

Attestation
ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍
Translation
Georgios / Geōrg( )
Description
Greek male name deriving from St George, soldier and martyr
Text
560
Provenance
Dongola
Date
29 June 1113
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13
Latest edition
Łajtar – van der Vliet 2017, pp. 18–22, no. I, fig. on p. 21 and fig. 5
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
600037: Georgios
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3343: Georgios
Name variant
302729: ⲅⲉⲱⲣ⸌ⲅ⸍
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 981

Attestation
ⲛⲁⲗⲁⲛⲇⲟⲩⲥ[ⲉ]
Translation
Nalandouse
Description
unidentified name; attested thrice for a single woman
Text
632
Provenance
unknown
Date
700–899
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
2
Column
 
Line
13
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 452, pp. 215–17
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.173: Name: unidentified
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
Person
102985: Nalandouse
Role
issuer of document
Name
27623: Nalandouse
Name variant
59950: ⲛⲁⲗⲁⲛⲇⲟⲩⲥⲉ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 982

Attestation
ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲛ
Translation
Ioannes / Iōannēn
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from a New Testament figure (John the Evangelist or John the Baptist) or a saint (John Chrysostom)
Text
405
Provenance
Ginari
Date
600–899
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13–14
Latest edition
I. Ginari, p. 45 (grave 79), pl. LIa (2)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
The accusative ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲛ is used here mistakenly instead of the genitive, most probably under the influance of the proceding ⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲩⲥⲟⲛ ⲧⲏⲛ ⲯⲩⲭⲏⲛ and ⲧⲟⲛ ⲇⲟⲩⲗⲟⲛ (itself wrong, too).
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
600993: Ioannes
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3464: Ioannes
Name variant
53801: ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 983

Attestation
ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙⲓⲟⲩ
Translation
Abraham
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament patriarch; common in Abrahamic religions
Text
458
Provenance
Ikhmindi
Date
550–599
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13–14
Latest edition
Deichmann – Grossmann 1988, pp. 81–88
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
600994: Abraamios
Role
scribe
Name
1707: Abraham
Name variant
47129: ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙⲓⲟⲥ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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IM Reference 984

Attestation
ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ
Translation
Ngonnen
Description
Nubian name meaning 'queen mother'; attested 11 times for 9 persons (2 women, 7 unmarked for gender)
Text
586
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
30 December 1198
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
13–14
Latest edition
P. QI 3 38
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
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
600995: Ngonnen
Role
party of deed (seller)
Name
202424: Ngonnen
Name variant
302426: ⳟⲟⲛⲛⲉⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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