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IMRef_2636
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2636: Name of Istheta
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Trismegistos
TM
namref 178735
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
[ⲉⲓⲥⲑⲉⲧⲁ]
Translation
Eisthetas / Istheta / Eistheta
Description
Greek name perhaps deriving from εἰσθέω, 'run into'; attested twice for a single person, unmarked for gender
Text
1858
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1025
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
6
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 278, figs. on pp. 277, 279 (no. 82)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
The name has not been preserved and is reconstructed on the basis of the twin inscription DBMNT 1857.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.119: Name: local (Greek), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.119:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
110503: Istheta
Role
in filiation
Name
32537: Eisthetas
Name variant
64847: ⲉⲓⲥⲑⲉⲧⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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