IMRef_647: Name of Sion
- Attestation
- ⲥⲉⲓⲱⲛ
- Translation
- Sion / Seiōn
- Description
- Greek unisex name, hypocoristic for Jerusalem; attested 6 times in Nubia, only for women
- Text
- 629
- Provenance
- unknown
- Date
- 700–899
- Language
- Greek/Coptic
- Linguistic context
- Coptic
- Side/page
- 2
- Column
- Line
- 1
- Latest edition
-
P. Lond. Copt. 448, pp. 211–12
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- Sion occurs here together with Maria and Athanasia, which allows supposing that the three women were sisters, but their relation is not explicitly stated.
Sion is recorded in TM People under two numbers: 101315 and 105876.
- Identity marker
- IM 1: Name
- Identity marker variant
- IMVar 1.56: Name: foreign (Greek), female, Christian
- Second identity marker variant
- Identities revealed
-
For IMVar 1.56:
- gender: female
- religion: Christian - Person
- 101315: Sion
- Role
- party of deed (3rd person)
- Name
- 8652: Sion
- Name variant
- 55133: ⲥⲉⲓⲱⲛ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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