IMRef_2139: Name of Ewa
- Attestation
- ⲉⳣⲁⲗ
- Translation
- Ewa
- Description
- Nubian name probably meaning 'the one who rejoices'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
- Text
- 1042
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Date
- 1100–1199
- Language
- Greek/Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Old Nubian
- Side/page
- 1
- Column
- Line
- 4
- Latest edition
-
P. QI 3 58, pl. 8 (side i)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Gender not specified.
The phrase reads ⲉⳣⲁⲗ ⲁⲥⲗ̄ⲇⲟ and two interpretations are possible: either (1) the phrase should be treated as a patronymic, 'the daughter of Eua', the daughter's name being othwerwise omitted, or (2) the whole phrase should be considered a name, Eual Asil.
- 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
- 602206: Ewa
- Role
- in filiation
- Name
- 201011: Ewa
- Name variant
- 301011: ⲉⳣⲁ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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