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IMRef_2973
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2973: Name of Merjou
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Attestation
ⲙⲉⲣ̣ⳝⲟⲩⲛⲏ
Translation
Medjou / Merjou
Description
Nubian name meaning 'slave, servant'; attested 4 times, none securely marked for gender
Text
2928
Provenance
Faras
Date
1000–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
8
Latest edition
Łajtar – Ochała 2015, pp. 84–7 (no. 2), fig. 2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
603081: Merjou
Role
person on list
Name
201564: Medjou
Name variant
301582: ⲙⲉⲣⳝⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
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