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IMRef_2591
IM Reference no.
IMRef_2591: Name of Metania
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Trismegistos
TM
namref 171625
Reference
Illustration
Attestation
ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓⲁ
Translation
Metanoia / Metania
Description
Greek name meaning 'repentance'; attested twice for a single man
Text
630
Provenance
unknown
Date
800–899
Language
Greek/Coptic
Linguistic context
Coptic
Side/page
1
Column
Line
6
Latest edition
P. Lond. Copt. 449, pp. 212–14
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
In TM Bishop Metania is recorded as two different persons: 103395 and 104659.
Identity marker
IM 1: Name
Identity marker variant
IMVar 1.116: Name: local (Greek), Christian
Second identity marker variant
Identities revealed
For IMVar 1.116:
- religion: Christian
- ethnic regional: Nubian
Person
103395: Metania
Role
in protocol
Name
27388: Metanoia
Name variant
56362: ⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲓⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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