IMRef_1894: Name of Nikolaos
- Attestation
- ⲛⲓⲕⲱⲗⲁⲱⲥ
- Translation
- Nikolaos / Nikōlaōs
- Description
- Greek male name meaning 'victory of the people'; attested twice in Nubia, for a single man
- Text
- 985
- Provenance
- Semna
- Date
- probably 600–999
- Language
- Greek
- Linguistic context
- Greek
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 3
- Latest edition
-
SB 5 8711 c
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Gender not specified.
The name appears not to be attested after the fourth century AD and it is probable that the whole inscription (DBMNT 985) should be dated to the pre-Christian period in Nubia.
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.60: Name: foreign (Greek), male, non-religious
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
-
For IMVar 1.60:
- gender: male - Person
- 243702: Nikolaos
- Role
- author (?)
- Name
- 4319: Nikolaos
- Name variant
- 301684: ⲛⲓⲕⲱⲗⲁⲱⲥ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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