IMRef_1281: Name of Mercho
- Attestation
- ⲙⲉⲣⲭⲱ
- Translation
- Mercho / Merchō
- Description
- perhaps Blemmyan/Beja female name cognate with the Bedauye 'melh', 'to lead'; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
- Text
- 422
- Provenance
- Ginari
- Date
- 600–899
- Language
- Greek
- Linguistic context
- Greek
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 2
- Latest edition
-
I. Ginari, p. 47 (grave 325), pl. LIa (5)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.43: Name: foreign (Blemmyan/Beja?), non-religious
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
-
For IMVar 1.43:
- ethnic regional: Blemmyan/Beja? - Person
- 601315: Mercho
- Role
- commemorated deceased
- Name
- 201581: Mercho
- Name variant
- 301581: ⲙⲉⲣⲭⲱ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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