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IMRef_1621
IM Reference no.
IMRef_1621: Name of Mena
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Attestation
ⲙⲓⲛⲁⲗ̣ⲟ̣
Translation
Menas / Mina
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
637
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
circa 1268–before 1276
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
24
Latest edition
P. QI 4 67, fig. 5
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
Reading of the name corrected in NOM 4, no. 20g.
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
601671: Mena
Role
witness
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54365: ⲙⲓⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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