Greek scribal exercise from unknown Egyptian provenance using the name of *Menas (presumably the soldier and martyr celebrated at Abu Mina, S00073); datable to the 6th/7th century.
Evidence ID
E04285
Type of Evidence
Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment sheet
Documentary texts - Other private document
P.Rain.Unterricht 46
On this parchment fragment a scribe has practised letters using different writing instruments, as well as writing in big letters:
Μηνᾶς ὁ ἅγιος
'Menas, the saint'
(Text: H. Harrauer and P. J. Sijpesteijn)
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Source
The parchment fragment P.Vindob. G 35729 is housed in the papyrus collection in Vienna. The dating is on palaeographical grounds.Bibliography
Text:H. Harrauer and P.J. Sijpesteijn, Neue Texte aus dem antiken Unterricht, Vienna 1985. (MPER XV), 44.
Record Created By
Gesa Schenke
Date of Entry
6/11/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | Μηνᾶς | Certain |
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