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IMRef_3098
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3098: Name of Isou
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Reference
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Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲥⲟⲩ̣
Translation
Iesou / Isou
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
2827
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1200–1299
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
9
Latest edition
P. QI 4 84 (partial transcription and translation), fig. 26
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
The name was not transcribed in P. QI 4 84; see NOM 4, no. 30b, for the reading.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.39: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.39:
- gender: male
Person
603216: Isou
Role
party of deed / issuer of document
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
300218: ⲓⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
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