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IMRef_2943
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2943: Name of Marteri
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Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲉⲣⲏ
Translation
Marturia / Marteri / Marterē
Description
Greek female name meaning 'testimony, martyrdom' deriving frrom St Martyria, daughter of timotheos, martyr from Hermopolis; attested only once in Nubia, for a woman
Text
1854
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1025
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
8
Latest edition
Jakobielski et alii 2017, p. 271 + fig. (no. 78)
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Martere is described by the masculine phrase ⲧⲟⲩ ⲇⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩ ⲥⲟⲩ, but this is apparently a completely fossilised construction.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian
Person
603050: Marteri
Role
donor of painting
Name
10541: Marturia
Name variant
301497: ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲉⲣⲏ
Second name
Second name variant
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