IMRef_305: Name of Basil

Attestation
ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲓ̣ⲗ
Translation
Basileios / Basiil
Description
Greek male name meaning 'royal' deriving from Saint Basil the Great, bishop of Cesarea (4th c.)
Text
1465
Provenance
Musawwarat el-Sofra
Date
900–1499
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Erman 1881, p. 115
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600277: Basil
Role
uncertain
Name
2468: Basileios
Name variant
300654: ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲓⲗ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
Source
 
Image
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