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IMRef_4327
IM Reference no.
IMRef_4327: Name of Zail
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Attestation
ⲍⲁⲏⲗ
Translation
Sael / Zaēl / Zail
Description
Hebrew male name deriving from the Old Testament figure of Mishael, one of Three Youths in the Fiery Furnace; attested only once in Nubia, unmarked for gender
Text
1444
Provenance
Sahaba
Date
700–1499
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
Hellström 1970, I: p. 235; II: Corpus Y, no. 232:1 and pl. 157:5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 3, no. 13.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.70: Name: foreign (Hebrew), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.70:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
604257: Zail
Role
in filiation
Name
27499: Sael
Name variant
56324: ⲍⲁⲏⲗ
Second name
Second name variant
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