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IMRef_563
IM Reference no.
IMRef_563: Name of Mena
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Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Translation
Menas / Mēna
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
2830
Provenance
Qasr Ibrim
Date
probably 1150–1199
Language
Greek/Old Nubian
Linguistic context
Greek
Side/page
2
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
P. QI 4 87, fig. 29
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
600544: Mena
Role
addressee of letter
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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