Jug with Greek inscription mentioning *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073). Found at Abu Mina (southwest of Alexandria, Egypt). Probably 5th/6th c.
Evidence ID
E07296
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ
'Of Saint Menas.'
Text: Kaufmann 1910, 118.
Source
Jug with Greek inscription found at Abu Mina.Bibliography
Edition:Kaufmann, K. M., Die Menasstadt und das Nazionalheiligtum des altchristlichen Aegypter in der westalexandrinischen Wüste: Ausgrabungen der Frankfurter Expedition am Karm Abu Mina 1905-1907, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1910), 118 and pl. 85/2.
Further Reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides: L'apport des inscriptions et des papyrus grecs et coptes (Paris: CNRS Éditions, 2001), 148-149.
Record Created By
Małgorzata Krawczyk
Date of Entry
31/12/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00073 | Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena | Μηνᾶς | Certain |
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