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IMRef_1065
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1065: Name of Ajola
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Attestation
ⲁ̇ⳝⲟⲗⲁ
Translation
Ajola
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who is a box'; attested 9 times, of which 7 belong to one man, the remaining 2 unmarked for gender
Text
589
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
15
Latest edition
P. QI 3 31
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
600818: Ajola
Role
scribe and witness
Name
200621: Ajola
Name variant
300624: ⲁⳝⲟⲗⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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