IMRef_2343: Name of Mariio

Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲏⲱ
Translation
Mariio / Mariēo
Description
Semito-Nubian name perhaps meaning 'mother Mary', deriving from Virgin Mary; attested 6 times, once for a man, the other ones unmarked for gender
Text
512
Provenance
Arminna
Date
1 June 1032
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
6
Latest edition
Trigger 1967, pp 19–20 (no. 41), 85, pl. 8d + ; Łajtar – Ochała 2023, pp. 73–76 (no. 5), fig. 5 (ll. 21–23)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Apart from the single use of the feminine article ⲧⲏⲛ (l. 5), the redactor of the inscription refers to the deceased Marieo with masculine forms (ⲇⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩ, ⲁⲩⲧⲟⲛ).
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.169: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.169:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
393600: Mariio
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
201469: Mariio
Name variant
301473: ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲏⲱ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
Image not available