Mihos Wrote:
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> I didn't mean to suggest he was THE hereditary
> chief of a sepat but rather, the descendant of a
> clan mother or tribal chief of a peoples that
> inhabited a specific sepat.I note that there is a
> pregnant silence regarding the term tribal in this
> instance. Why do you suppose this is the case? Am
> I just imagining that no one seems interested in
> potential tribal affiliations of Iker?


Pregnant silence?? I think the find very interesting. Others have commented that they too think so. But as in all things...I see no reason to force a complete explanation on this find...prematurely.


warwick









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Warwick L Nixon, March 8, 2019