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IMRef_3661
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3661: Name of Songoja
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Attestation
ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁⲕⲁ
Translation
Songoja
Description
Nubian name meaning 'songoj, eparch'; attested for 12 men and 1 woman
Text
2808
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1000–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
12–13
Latest edition
P. QI 4 75, fig. 17
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Ruffini treats this word as the title 'eaprch', but it is equally as possible that this is an anthroponym.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.155: Name: local (Nubian), unisex, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.155:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
603685: Songoja
Role
uncertain (person on list?)
Name
202116: Songoja
Name variant
302116: ⲥⲟⳟⲟⳝⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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