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IMRef_309
IM Reference no.
IMRef_309: Name of Menas
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Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲥ
Translation
Means / Mēnas
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
1476
Provenance
Tamit
Date
1000–1199
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Baldassare 1967, p. 48
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
600283: Menas
Role
legend to painting
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54356: ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲥ
Second name
Second name variant
Source
Image
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