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IMRef_700
IM Reference no.
IMRef_700: Name of Chreste
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Attestation
[ⲭ]ⲣⲉⲥⲧⲉ
Translation
Chrestos / Chreste
Description
Greek male name meaning 'good, kindly'; attested twice in Nubia, once for a man, once unmarked for gender
Text
174
Provenance
Sakinya
Date
30 September 858
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
Column
Line
10
Latest edition
I. Mina 88
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading of the name corrected in van der Vliet 2011a, pp. 214–15; NOM 2, no. 8
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.60: Name: foreign (Greek), male, non-religious
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.60:
- gender: male
Person
600690: Chreste
Role
in filiation
Name
12921: Chrestos
Name variant
300013: ⲭⲣⲉⲥⲧⲉ
Second name
Second name variant
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