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IMRef_2413
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2413: Name of Iou
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Attestation
ⲉⲓⲟⲩ
Translation
Iou / Eiou
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who knows/says' or 'the hand'; attested only once, for a woman
Text
1042
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
5
Latest edition
P. QI 3 58, pl. 8 (side i)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Iou is referred to as 'my mother', and as Mineria appears to be the sender of the letter, she must be his mother.
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
602491: Iou
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
200877: Iou
Name variant
300877: ⲉⲓⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
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