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IMRef_2803
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2803: Name of Mart( )
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Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍
Translation
Mart( )
Description
most probably name based on the Greek noun μάρτυς, 'martyr', but the exact form unknown; the abbreviation is attested twice in Nubia, for 2 men, but it is unknown whether it shuold be resolved in the sane way in both cases
Text
2113
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–999
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
7
Latest edition
Gamber 1983, p. 30
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Kubińska resolved the abbreviation as Μαρτ(ύριον), corrected to Μαρτ(υρίου) by Gamber, but other names can be taken into consideration, too.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.9: Name: foreign (?) (Greek?), Christian (?)
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.9:
- religion: Christian?
Person
602904: Mart( )
Role
commemorated person
Name
201492: Mart( )
Name variant
301492: ⲙⲁⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍
Second name
Second name variant
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