IMRef_2243: Name of Theognosta

Attestation
ⲑⲉⲟⲅⲛⲱⲥⲧⲁ
Translation
Theognoste / Theognosta / Theⲟgnōsta
Description
Greek female name meaning 'known by God', perhaps deriving from St Theognoste; attested 7 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
248
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
4–6
Latest edition
I. Mina 167
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
 
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
602317: Theognosta
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
25501: Theognoste
Name variant
53482: ⲑⲉⲟⲅⲛⲱⲥⲧⲁ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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