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IMRef_2905
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2905: Name of Apa
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Attestation
ⲁ̇ⲡⲁⲕⲁ
Translation
Apa
Description
Aramaic name meaning 'o father!'; attested twice, once for a man, once unmarked for gender
Text
591
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
8
Latest edition
P. QI 3 33, pl. 2 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-32-53-59.jpg)
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Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.42: Name: foreign (Aramaic), uncertain character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
Person
603009: Apa
Role
object of deed (slave being released)
Name
8620: Apa
Name variant
8446: ⲁⲡⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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