Katina.

Mar Abas Katina[a] (Assyrian: ܡܪ ܐܒܐ ܩܛܛܝܢܐ Mār Awā Qațțīnā; Armenian: Մար Աբաս Կատինա) was a Chaldean scholar, presumably an ancient Syrian (or ancient Armenian) historian. Mar Abas Katina first appears in the work of the 5th‑century Armenian historian Movses Khorenatsi, who cites him extensively as an authority for early Armenian traditions. His writings were said to draw upon records preserved in the Assyrian royal archives at Nineveh, and according to tradition were transmitted to Armenia du…