IMRef_2462: Name of Helleni

Attestation
ϩⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ
Translation
Helene / Helleni / Hellenē
Description
Greek female name meaning 'torch' or 'corposant' or related to 'moon', deriving from mother of Emperor Constantine; attested 6 times in Nubia, only for women
Text
284
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
5
Latest edition
I. Mina 204
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 2, no. 5.
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
602544: Helleni
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
4445: Helene
Name variant
302367: ϩⲉⲗⲗⲉⲛⲏ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
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