IMRef_2530: Name of Marturophoros
- Attestation
- ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣ̄ⲟⲥ
- Translation
- Marturophoros / Marturos
- Description
- Greek male name meaning 'the one who bears the martyr'; attested 12 times, 7 of which for men, the remaining ones unmarked for gender
- Text
- 5
- Provenance
- Komangana
- Date
- 17 February 1159
- Language
- Greek/Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Greek
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 6
- Latest edition
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I. Khartoum Greek 6, pl. 6
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- It is uncertain how the phrase ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣ̄ⲟⲥ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲩ̄ⲥ︦ ⳝⲟⲁⲥⲥⲓ ⲩ̄ⲥ︦ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁⳡⲁ shuold be interpreted. It could be the reference to either Marturophoros' father (Joassi) and grandfather (Marianya) or his father (Joassi) and mother (Marianya). The former would comply with the classical usage of filiation expression. Moreover, the name Marianya is once attested for a man (Nam REF 701853); remaining attestations are unmarked for gender. On the other hand, the filiation expression found in l. 20 of this text contains only the name of Marianya, which – if this were Marturophoros' grandfather – would be strange.
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.115: Name: local (Greek), male, Christian
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
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For IMVar 1.115:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian - Person
- 601305: Marturophoros
- Role
- commemorated deceased
- Name
- 200121: Marturophoros
- Name variant
- 301506: ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣ̄ⲟⲥ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
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