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IMRef_944
IM Reference no.
IMRef_944: Name of Maranya
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Attestation
ⲙⲁⲣⲁⳡⲁⲇⲟ
Translation
Marianya / Maranya
Description
Semito-Nubian name meaning 'Mary lives'; attested 10 times, once for a man, the remaining attestations unmarked for gender
Text
594
Provenance
Kulubnarti
Date
probably 1150–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
13
Latest edition
Browne 2000d, pp. 177–83, pl. on p. 184
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Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.169: Name: local (Semito-Nubian), Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.169:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
600947: Maranya
Role
uncertain
Name
34736: Marianya
Name variant
65136: ⲙⲁⲣⲁⳡⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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