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IMRef_1416
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1416: Name of Mena
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Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
2450
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim, Gebel Maktub
Date
900–1099
Language
Greek
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
Column
Line
2
Latest edition
unpublished; in preparation by A. Łajtar & J. van der Vliet; mentioned in Plumley – Adams 1974, p. 235, pl. 51
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.57: Name: foreign (Greek), male, Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.57:
- gender: male
- religion: Christian
Person
601454: Mena
Role
author
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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