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IMRef_297
IM Reference no.
IMRef_297: Name of Mersh
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Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲏⲣϣ
Translation
Mersh / Mērsh
Description
Egyptian male name meaning 'light red'; attested once in Nubia
Text
1457
Provenance
Soba
Date
500–599
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
Schlunk 1939, p. 52 (no. 147), pl. 45.147
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.49: Name: foreign (Egyptian), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.49:
- gender: male
Person
600269: Mersh
Role
commemorated person
Name
4149: Mersh
Name variant
301592: ⲙⲏⲣϣ
Second name
Second name variant
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