IMRef_316: Name of Silbanos

Attestation
ⲥⲗⲃ
Translation
Silbanos / Slb
Description
Latin male name deriving from the New Testament figure of Silvanus, disciple accompanying St Paul; attested once in Nubia, for a man
Text
1527
Provenance
Dongola
Date
circa 675–circa 725
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
 
Column
 
Line
1
Latest edition
Godlewski 2000, p. 201
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Godlewski 2000 resolves the abbreviation as ⲥ(ⲓ)ⲗⲃ(ⲁⲛⲟⲥ), but it is slightly more probable that one should read ⲥ(ⲓ)ⲗⲃ(ⲉⲥⲧⲣⲟⲥ), as the former name has not been attedted in Nubia, and the latter is found in DBMNT 404 (REF 702305).
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.72: Name: foreign (Latin), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
 
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.72:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600290: Silbanos
Role
addressee of delivery
Name
7637: Silvanus
Name variant
302058: ⲥⲗⲃ
Second name
 
Second name variant
 
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