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Mara bar Serapion

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Personal name headingMara bar Serapion
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Variant(s)Mara bar Sarapion
Mārā ibn Sirāfiyūn
Ibn Sirāfiyūn, Mārā
ابن سرافيون، مارا
مارا بن سرافيون
Mārā bar Serapyon
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inWork cat.: The letter of Mara bar Sarapion in context, 2012 ECIP data (Mara bar Serapion; author of letter to his son - preserved in a single Syriac manuscript (7th. cent. CE); a nobleman imprisoned after the Roman capture of Samosata, capital of Commagene)
Baumstark, Anton. Geschichte der syrischen Literatur, 1922 p. 10 (Màrā b Serapion, ostensibly from Samosata and lived some time during the Roman occupation)
Wikipedia, Aug. 16, 2012 (Mara bar Serapion; Stoic philosopher from the Roman province of Syria noted for a letter he wrote to his son, who was also named Serapion; the letter was composed sometime between 73 AD and the 3rd century; sometimes spelled Mara bar Sarapion)
Moss, Cyril. Catalogue of Syriac printed books and related literature in the British Museum, 1962 col. 707 (Mārā bar Serapion)
Risālat Mārā ibn Sirāfiyūn (al-qarn al-awwal al-Mīlādī), 2002: t.p. (مارا بن سرافيون = Mārā ibn Sirāfiyūn; Mārā bar Serapyon [in Syriac])
Invalid LCCNn 2007227695