IMRef_5724: Title of address of Adama
- Attestation
- ⲉⲕ̄ϣⲓ
- Translation
- ikshil
- Description
- Old Nubian term probably serving as an honorific title borne by high officials (e.g. eparch of Nobadia), but the meaning of the word is unknown; the word is used on reguar basis in Arabic documents from Qasr Ibrim to designate the eparch of Nobadia (Ar. 'lord of the horses')
- Text
- 589
- Provenance
- Qasr Ibrim
- Date
- probably 1155–circa 1180
- Language
- Old Nubian
- Linguistic context
- Old Nubian
- Side/page
- Column
- Line
- 6
- Latest edition
-
P. QI 3 31
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Identity marker
- IM 3: Title of address
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 3.6: Title: unidentified, male, high (?)
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
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For IMVar 3.6:
- gender: male
- social status: elite? - Person
- 600175: Adama
- Role
- Name
- Name variant
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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