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IMRef_3701
IM Reference no.
IMRef_3701: 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
2937
Provenance
el-Fereikha
Date
probably 550–699
Language
unidentified
Linguistic context
unidentified
Side/page
Column
Line
1
Latest edition
SEG 50 1627
Bibliography & list of abbreviations
Comment
Gender not specified.
It is uncertain whether this name belonged to a living person 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
603715: Mena
Role
author (?)
Name
4077: Menas
Name variant
54355: ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
Second name
Second name variant
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