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IMRef_142
IM Reference no.
IMRef_142: Name of Basil
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Attestation
ⲃⲁⲥⲗ̄
Translation
Basileios / Basil
Description
Greek male name meaning 'royal' deriving from Saint Basil the Great, bishop of Cesarea (4th c.)
Text
559
Provenance
Nauri
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 187–190
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Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600112: Basil
Role
in protocol
Name
2468: Basileios
Name variant
300287: ⲃⲁⲥⲗ̄
Second name
Second name variant
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