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IMRef_3628
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3628: Name of Menas
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Attestation
ⲙⲏⲛ[---]
Translation
Menas / Mēn---
Description
Greek male name deriving from the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mena
Text
2714
Provenance
Arminna West
Date
800–1199
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
Weeks 1967, p. 65, fig. 46k
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
It is uncertain whether a living person is at stake or a saint.
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
603665: Menas
Role
owner
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
302756: ⲙⲏⲛ---
Second name
Second name variant
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