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IMRef_2433
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2433: 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
2233
Provenance
Gebel Adda
Date
circa 1050–before 1092
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
1
Column
Line
5
Latest edition
Łajtar 2014c, pp. 956–8, pl. 14
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
602511: Mena
Role
greeted in letter
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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