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IMRef_4030
IM Reference no.
IMRef_4030: Name of Tamia
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Attestation
ⲧⲁⲙⲉⲁ̇
Translation
Tamia / Tamēa
Description
Nubian name perhaps meaning 'tongue'; attested only once, for a man
Text
3666
Provenance
Banganarti
Date
1200–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 469, fig. on p. 337, figs. 42, 112
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
The relation between the three persons is not clear: Tamia and Paesi can be either patronym and paponym or patronym and metronym. If the former case is true, the gender of Tamia is masculine.
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
604011: Tamia
Role
in filiation
Name
202816: Tamia
Name variant
303008: ⲧⲁⲙⲏⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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