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IMRef_3794
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3794: Name of Tamsi
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Attestation
[ⲧⲁ]ⲙⲥⲏ
Translation
Tamsi / Tamsē
Description
Nubian name, perhaps cognate with the Nobiin ⲧⲁⲙ-, 'to speak (in sleep); wish; guess'; attested 6 times for 5 persons (2 men, 3 unmarked for gender)
Text
1706
Provenance
Abd el-Qadir
Date
1200–1399
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; illustration in Griffith 1928a, pls. 30.11, 31.1
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.147: Name: local (Nubian), non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.147:
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600330: Tamsi
Role
author
Name
202165: Tamsi
Name variant
301660: ⲧⲁⲙⲥⲏ
Second name
Second name variant
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