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IMRef_4412
IM Reference no.
IMRef_4412: Name of Gnota
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Attestation
ⲅⲛⲱⲧⲁ
Translation
Gnota / Gnōta
Description
Greek female name meaning 'well-known'; not used outside Nubia; attested once for a woman
Text
358
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
700–999
Language
Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
6
Latest edition
I. Mina 279
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected by G. Ochała.
Both editors transcribed ⲧⲛⲱⲧⲁ, but there is no such name and no form can be recognised behind it. It is much more probable that they misread the ⲧ for a ⲅ, or that the lapicide misspelled the name.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.59: Name: foreign (Greek), female, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.59:
- gender: female
Person
602648: Gnota
Role
commemorated deceased
Name
202968: Gnota
Name variant
303233: ⲅⲛⲱⲧⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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