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IMRef_8694
IM Reference no.
IMRef_8694: Name of Meskel
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Attestation
ⲙⲉⲥⲕⲉⲗ
Translation
meskel
Description
This is a ghost-name. The word appears to designate either an official title or kinship term.
Text
591
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1155–circa 1180
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
17
Latest edition
P. QI 3 33, pl. 2 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-32-53-59.jpg)
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Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.175: Name: ghost-name
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
Person
601186: Meskel
Role
Name
201584: Meskel
Name variant
301584: ⲙⲉⲥⲕⲉⲗ
Second name
Second name variant
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