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IMRef_1157
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1157: Name of Mitirra
Stable url
Trismegistos
TM
namref 539098
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲓⲧⲓⲣⲣⲁ
Translation
Mitirra
Description
Nubian name meaning perhaps deriving from ⲙⲓⲉⲧ-, 'snake', and ⲉⲓⲣ-, 'power', or ⲧⲣ-, 'to give'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
2056
Provenance
unknown
Date
probably 800–899
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
16–17
Latest edition
SB Kopt. 1 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
399206: Mitirra
Role
in filiation
Name
30993: Mitirra
Name variant
64335: ⲙⲓⲧⲓⲣⲣⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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