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IMRef_2453
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2453: Name of Meskisi
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Attestation
ⲙⲉⲥⲕⲓⲥⲛ̄ⲕⲟⲛ
Translation
Meskisi
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'impossibility'; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
2846
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1000–1399
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
5
Latest edition
P. QI 4 105, fig. 48
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
602532: Meskisi
Role
mentioned in letter
Name
201585: Meskisi
Name variant
301585: ⲙⲉⲥⲕⲓⲥ-
Second name
Second name variant
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