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IMRef_5086
IM Reference no.
IMRef_5086: Title of address of Chael
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Attestation
ⲁ̄ⲃ︦
Translation
abba
Description
Aramaic word meaning 'father' used commonly in the Christian milieau as an honorific title for monastics; assigned also to bishops
Text
1973
Provenance
Soba
Date
600–1499
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
Jakobielski 1991, p. 293 (no. 202), fig. 165.202
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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
601431: Chael
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Name
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Second name
Second name variant
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