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IMRef_840
IM Reference no.
IMRef_840: Name of Chalipha
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Attestation
ⲭ̣ⲁ̣ⲗ̣ⲓ̣ⲫⲁ
Translation
Khalīfa / Khalifa / Chalipha
Description
Arabic male name meaning 'successor, caliph'; attested thrice in Nubia for a single man
Text
2806
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1100–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
11
Latest edition
P. QI 4 73, figs. 14–15
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 26c.
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
601300: Chalipha
Role
person on list
Name
202328: Khalīfa
Name variant
302328: ⲭⲁⲗⲓⲫⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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