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IMRef_3025
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3025: Name of Irai
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Attestation
ⲉⲓⲣⲁⲉⲓⲗⲟ
Translation
Irai / Eiraei
Description
Nubian name deriving from ⲉⲓⲣ-, 'to be able to; power'; attested 6 times, none marked for gender
Text
559
Provenance
Nauri
Date
after 1190–circa 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
9
Latest edition
Zyhlarz 1932, pp. 187–190
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.151: Name: local (Nubian), unknown character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.151:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
603134: Irai
Role
witness
Name
200887: Irai
Name variant
300887: ⲉⲓⲣⲁⲉⲓ
Second name
Second name variant
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