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IMRef_3740
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3740: Name of Dia
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Attestation
ⲇⲓⲁⲛ
Translation
Dia
Description
either Nubian name perhaps meaning 'the one who is many' or Arabic name Diḥya; attested only once, unmarked for gender
Text
2842
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1125–1175
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
17
Latest edition
P. QI 4 101, fig. 44
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Rreading and interpretation of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 36a.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.152: Name: local (Nubian) or foreign (Arabic)
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.152:
- ethnic regional: Nubian or Arabic
Person
603746: Dia
Role
in filiation
Name
202664: Dia
Name variant
302806: ⲇⲓⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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