IMRef_1446: Name of Pappajja
- Attestation
- ⲡⲁⲡⲡⲁⳝⳝⲁ
- Translation
- Pappajja
- Description
- Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the divinding father' or 'the rising father'; attested only once, unmarked for gender, but the meaning strongly suggests male name
- Text
- 2870
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Date
- probably 1000–1199
- Language
- Greek/Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Old Nubian
- Side/page
- 1
- Column
- Line
- 2
- Latest edition
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P. QI 4 124, fig. 69
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Gender not specified.
It is uncertain whether the phrase ⲡⲁⲡⲡⲁⳝⳝⲁ ⳟⲁⲗⲇⲁ should be understood as 'with Pappajja's son' (thus Ruffini) or 'with Pappajja Ngal'.
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.138: Name: local (Nubian), male, non-religious
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
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For IMVar 1.138:
- gender: male
- ethnic regional: Nubian - Person
- 601487: Pappajja
- Role
- mentioned in letter
- Name
- 201871: Pappajja
- Name variant
- 301871: ⲡⲁⲡⲡⲁⳝⳝⲁ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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