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IMRef_5157
IM Reference no.
IMRef_5157: Title of address of Georgios
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Attestation
ⲁⲃ⸌ⲃ⸍
Translation
abba
Description
Aramaic word meaning 'father' used commonly in the Christian milieau as an honorific title for monastics; assigned also to bishops
Text
97
Provenance
Faras
Date
900–1150
Language
Greek/Coptic/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
27
Latest edition
I. Faras Copt., pp. 190–195, fig. 69
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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
600344: Georgios
Role
Name
Name variant
Second name
Second name variant
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