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IMRef_3551
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3551: Name of Mena
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Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁⲛ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
1001
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
1150–1199
Language
Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Old Nubian
Side/page
Column
Line
3
Latest edition
P. QI 3 34 (ii)
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Comment
Gender is not specified, but Mena perhaps occurs a husband of Ionngoka in P. QI 3 34 (i).
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
601009: Mena
Role
in filiation
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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