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IMRef_2615
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2615: Name of Oilannga
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Attestation
ⲟⲓ̈ⲗⲁⳟⲁ
Translation
Oilannga / Oilanga
Description
Nubian name deriving from ⲟⲉⲓ-, 'foot', or ⲟⲉⲓ-, 'to be new'; attested thrice, once possibly for a man
Text
1027
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1190–1198
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
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Column
Line
6
Latest edition
P. QI 3 43 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-61-46-43.jpg)
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Comment
It is not entirely certain whether ⳟⲁⲛ ⲁⲥⲧⲓ means here the title 'asti of Nga' or the patronymic 'daughter of Nga', the word ⳟⲁ being apparently attested as both toponym and anthroponym.
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
602036: Oilannga
Role
witness
Name
200397: Oilannga
Name variant
300397: oⲓⲗⲁⳟⲁ
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