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IMRef_3872
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3872: Name of Iesou
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Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲓ̄ⲩ︦
Translation
Iesou / Iu
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
3431
Provenance
Banganarti
Date
1200–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 216, fig. on p. 210, fig. 31
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
ⲡⲟⲗⲗⲏ ⲧⲟⲧⲓ is ambiguous: it can designate both an office, 'tot of Polli' or filiation, 'son of Polli'.
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
603864: Iesou
Role
author
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
301178: ⲓ︦ⲩ︦
Second name
Second name variant
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