IMRef_4776: Epithet of Masi
- Attestation
- ⲕⲣ⸌ⲧ⸍ⲥ
- Translation
- kratistos
- Description
- Greek term meaning 'the most powerful, the strongest', serving as an epithet accorded to most prominent members of society; Greek counterpart of Latin 'egregius' and 'clarissimus'; attested for eparchs and once for a bishop (see NOM 4, n. 247)
- Text
- 2857
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Date
- probably 1000–1199
- Language
- Greek/Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Greek
- Side/page
- 2
- Column
- Line
- 1
- Latest edition
-
P. QI 4 116 fr. 1, fig. 60
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Identity marker
- IM 4: Epithet
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 4.7: Epithet: excellence, male
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
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For IMVar 4.7:
- gender: male
- social status: elite - Person
- 600159: Masi
- Role
- Name
- Name variant
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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