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IMRef_665
IM Reference no.
IMRef_665: Name of Kaphri
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Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲕⲁⲫⲣⲓ
Translation
Ghāfir / Ghafir / Kaphri
Description
Arabic male name meaning 'forgiver, pardoner'; attested only once in Nubia, for a man
Text
1686
Provenance
Faras
Date
600–1399
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
Griffith 1927, p. 93, pl. 74.2
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Griffith's drawing has ⲧⲱⲕⲁⲫⲣⲓ, bur one should rather read ⲉ̣ⲅⲱ ⲕⲁⲫⲣⲓ.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.31: Name: foreign (Arabic), male, non-religious character
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.31:
- gender: male
Person
600653: Kaphri
Role
author
Name
202305: Ghāfir
Name variant
302305: ⲕⲁⲫⲣⲓ
Second name
Second name variant
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