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IMRef_1911
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1911: Name of Mariam
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Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙ
Translation
Mariam
Description
Hebrew female name deriving from Mary Mother of God; common in all Abrahamic religions
Text
153
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
3–4
Latest edition
I. Mina 61
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Referring to the deceased, the redactor consistently uses the masculine 3rd person singular pronoun (ⲛⲧⲁϥ, ⲙⲙⲟϥ, ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ, ⲧⲉϥ-), which makes it doubtful whether Mariam is here indeed a female name.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.65: Name: foreign (Hebrew), female, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.65:
- gender: female
Person
601973: Mariam
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
3963: Mariam
Name variant
54293: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⲙ
Second name
Second name variant
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