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IMRef_4407
IM Reference no.
IMRef_4407: Name of Ali
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Reference
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Attestation
ⲁⲗⲏ
Translation
'Alī / Ali / Alē
Description
male name of Arabic origin meaning 'high, elevated, sublime', deriving from son of the Prophet
Text
2807
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1000–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
Line
12
Latest edition
P. QI 4 74, fig. 16
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Interpretation of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 27a.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.28: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, Muslim
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.28:
- gender: male
- religion: Muslim
Person
600977: Ali
Role
person on list
Name
8427: 'Alī
Name variant
52673: ⲁⲗⲏ
Second name
Second name variant
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