Databases
Texts
IM References
Names
Name variants
People
Guidelines
General
Texts
IM references
Names
Name variants
People
Vocabularies
Acknowledgements
Contact us
Search
DBMNT
IM References
IMRef_4177
IM Reference no.
IMRef_4177: Name of Ala.ll
Stable url
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲁ̇ⲗⲁ̇ ̣ⲗⲗ
Translation
Hilāl / Hilal / Ala.ll
Description
Arabic male name meaning 'crescent moon'; attested 4 times in Nubia for 3 persons, none marked for gender
Text
3885
Provenance
Banganarti
Date
1200–1399
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
1–2
Latest edition
I. Banganarti 2 705, fig. on p. 445, fig. 59
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.31: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.31:
- gender: male
Person
604137: Ala.ll
Role
author
Name
14138: Hilāl
Name variant
303103: ⲁⲗⲁ.ⲗⲗ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
Full-size image