IMRef_724: Name of Thekla
- Attestation
- ⲑ̣[ⲉⲕ]ⲗ̣ⲁ
- Translation
- Thekla
- Description
- Greek female name meaning 'God's fame', deriving from the New Testament figure of a follower of Apostle Paul; attested 7 times in Nubia, only for women
- Text
- 631
- Provenance
- unknown
- Date
- 800–899
- Language
- Greek/Coptic
- Linguistic context
- Coptic
- Side/page
- 1
- Column
- Line
- 10
- Latest edition
-
P. Lond. Copt. 450, pp. 214–15
Bibliography & list of abbreviations - Comment
- 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
- 600714: Thekla
- Role
- party of deed (1st person)
- Name
- 9496: Thekla
- Name variant
- 53479: ⲑⲉⲕⲗⲁ
- Second name
- Second name variant
- Source
- Image
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