IMRef_1184: Name of Ettinen

Attestation
ⲉⲧⲧ[ⲓⲛⲉⲛ]
Translation
Ettinel / Ettinen
Description
Nubian name meaning 'womanhood'; attested thrice for 2 persons, one woman and the other one unmarked for gender, but the meaning strongly suggesting female name
Text
1092
Provenance
Dongola
Date
1000–1199
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
17
Latest edition
Łajtar 2011, pp. 42–6, no. 2, fig. 2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Łajtar 2011, p. 45, for some reasons believes that the name 'obviously belongs to a man'. This, however, is nowhere implicit. Instead, the probable etymology of the name, that is 'womanhood', speaks rather in favour of the female gender of its bearer.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.136: Name: local (Nubian), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.136:
- gender: female
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
601202: Ettinen
Role
in filiation
Name
200990: Ettinel
Name variant
300991: ⲉⲧⲧⲓⲛⲉⲛ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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