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IMRef_4652
IM Reference no.
IMRef_4652: Title of address of Kyros
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Attestation
ⲁⲃⲃⲁ
Translation
abba
Description
Aramaic word meaning 'father' used commonly in the Christian milieau as an honorific title for monastics; assigned also to bishops
Text
1659
Provenance
Faras
Date
probably 866–902
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 90 (gr. 5), pls. 64.1, 73.5; I. Faras Copt., p. 96, with n. 44
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Comment
Identity marker
IM 3: Title of address
Identity marker variant
IMVar 3.2: Title: monastic, male
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 3.2:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
- social function: monastic
Person
600314: Kyros
Role
Name
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Second name
Second name variant
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