IMRef_1292: Name of Anna Osa

Attestation
ⲁⲛⲛⲁ ⲱ̄ⲥⲁ
Translation
Anna Osa / Anna Ōsa
Description
double name consisting of Hebrew female name of New Testament origin deriving from the mother of the Virgin Mary and either Nubian name, perhaps meaning 'the one who releases', or Blemmyan/Beja name of unknown etymology
Text
526
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim – Faras region
Date
900–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
2
Latest edition
Richter 2013, pp. 149–51 (no. 68), pl. 38
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Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.68: Name: foreign (Hebrew), unisex, Christian
Second identity marker variant
IMVar 1.68: Name: local (Nubian) or foreign (Blemmyan/Beja), non-religious
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.68:
- religion: Christian
For IMVar 1.154:
- ethnic regional: Nubian or Blemmyan
Person
601326: Anna Osa
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
2046: Anna
Name variant
52792: ⲁⲛⲛⲁ
Second name
200524: Osa
Second name variant
300524: ⲱⲥⲁ
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