TM People (Nam): Onesimos

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Greek: Ὀνήσιμος

Egyptian: Wnsymȝs

Latin: Onesimus

Gender: Male

Linguistic origins: Greek

Translation: Useful

Bibliography: Masson, Onomastica, 1990, I, p. 153

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Ref ID	Publication	Attestation	Appears as	Provenance (text)	Date

40203	I. Memnonion 531, 1	Ὀνάσιμος	person	Egypt, U08 - Abydos, Memnonion [find place, place of writing & preservation]	BC 399 - 200
534126	Jewish inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt (JIGRE) 46, 3	Ὀνησίμο̣[υ]	father	Egypt, L00 - Alexandria (?) [found & written]	BC 332 - AD 799?
626970	SB 28 17130 (1), 1	Ὀνίσιμος	person	Egypt, L01 - Memphis, Saqqara, Serapeum [found & written]	BC 299 - AD 640
9999	P. Cairo Zen. 4 59585, 7	Ὀνη̣σ̣ί̣[μου]	person	Egypt, 00d - Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum) [written] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]	BC 263 - 229
9997	P. Cairo Zen. 2 59148, Ro 2	Ὀνήσιμος	person	Egypt, L00 - Alexandria (?) [written] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]	BC 256 Aug 23 before