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IMRef_2137
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2137: Name of Ajola
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Attestation
ⲁ̇ⳝⲟⲗⲁⲕⲁ
Translation
Ajola
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who is a box'; attested 9 times, of which 7 belong to one man, the remaining 2 unmarked for gender
Text
1039
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1190–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
Line
4
Latest edition
P. QI 3 55, pl. 8 (side i)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
602204: Ajola
Role
greeted in letter
Name
200621: Ajola
Name variant
300624: ⲁⳝⲟⲗⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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