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E07308: Greek building inscription mentioning *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073). Found at Nazleh near Polydeukeia (Fayum, Egypt). Probably the end of the 7th/the beginning of the 8th c.
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τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ,
ἐπὶ ἀββᾶ Πέτρου ἐπισκόπου, ἐν μηνὶ μεσορῆ
ιϛ’ ἀρχῇ πέντε καὶ δεκάτης ἰν(δικτιῶνος)· // Κ(ύρι)ε, βοήθη-
5 σον τῷ δούλῳ σου Μηνᾷ στρατηλάτῃ // καὶ τοῖς παισὶ[ν]
α[ὐ]τ̣ο̣ῦ̣. ἀ̣μ̣ὴ̣ν̣ // ...Ϥ̅Ⲑ̅...
'The beautiful work of the covering of the holy Church of Saint Menas with marble slabs took place under the episcopacy of Abba Peter, on the 16th of the month Mesore, at the beginning of the fifteenth year of indiction. O Lord, help your servant Menas, stratelates and his slaves. Amen.'
Text: SB I, no. 1449.
τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας τοῦ ἁγίου Μηνᾶ,
ἐπὶ ἀββᾶ Πέτρου ἐπισκόπου, ἐν μηνὶ μεσορῆ
ιϛ’ ἀρχῇ πέντε καὶ δεκάτης ἰν(δικτιῶνος)· // Κ(ύρι)ε, βοήθη-
5 σον τῷ δούλῳ σου Μηνᾷ στρατηλάτῃ // καὶ τοῖς παισὶ[ν]
α[ὐ]τ̣ο̣ῦ̣. ἀ̣μ̣ὴ̣ν̣ // ...Ϥ̅Ⲑ̅...
'The beautiful work of the covering of the holy Church of Saint Menas with marble slabs took place under the episcopacy of Abba Peter, on the 16th of the month Mesore, at the beginning of the fifteenth year of indiction. O Lord, help your servant Menas, stratelates and his slaves. Amen.'
Text: SB I, no. 1449.
History
Evidence ID
E07308Saint Name
Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena : S00073Saint Name in Source
ΜηνᾶςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
- Greek
