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IMRef_208
IM Reference no.
IMRef_208: Name of Anna
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Attestation
ⲁⲛⲛⲁⲗⲟ
Translation
Anna
Description
Hebrew female name of New Testament origin deriving from the mother of the Virgin Mary; the name is female, but at least once in Nubia attested for a man
Text
1037
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 3 53, pl. 6 (side i; side ii at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/P.QI_3-53-62.jpg)
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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
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.68:
- religion: Christian
Person
600178: Anna
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
2046: Anna
Name variant
52792: ⲁⲛⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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