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IMRef_4421
IM Reference no.
IMRef_4421: Name of Staro
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Attestation
ⲥⲧⲁⲣⲟ
Translation
Stauros / Staro
Description
Greek male name meaning 'cross'; attested 4 times in Nubia for 3 persons (2 men, 1 woman)
Text
1018
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1299
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
2
Column
Line
13
Latest edition
Weschenfelder 2015, pp. 288–299
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 1b.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
600992: Staro
Role
witness
Name
27470: Stauros
Name variant
303244: ⲥⲧⲁⲣⲟ
Second name
Second name variant
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