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IMRef_958
IM Reference no.
IMRef_958: Name of Isou
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Reference
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Attestation
ⲓ̈ⲥⲟⲩ
Translation
Iesou / Isou
Description
Aramaic male name deriving from the name of Jesus Christ; used in all Abrahamic religions
Text
1026
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
after 1190–after 1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
13
Latest edition
P. QI 3 42, pl. 3 (photo at http://www.medievalnubia.info/dev/images/PQI3-38-42-49.jpg)
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Comment
Gender not specified.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.39: Name: foreign (Aramaic), male, Biblical
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.39:
- gender: male
Person
600961: Isou
Role
witness
Name
3410: Iesous
Name variant
300218: ⲓⲥⲟⲩ
Second name
Second name variant
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