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patesi|pəˈteɪsiː|
[erron. transliteration of Sumerian ensi.]
The ruler of a Sumerian city-state; a petty sovereign or priest-king. Hence paˈtesiship, the office or position of a patesi.
1894A. H. Sayce Primer of Assyriol. iii. 45 At a later date Tello lost its independence, and its rulers became merely patesis or high-priests. 1910L. W. King Hist. Sumer & Akkad iv. 101 The human kings and patesis were nothing more than ministers, or agents, appointed to carry out their will. 1927Peake & Fleure Priests & Kings 178 The Sumerian patesi was a magistrate who performed sacred or priestly functions. 1928C. L. Woolley Sumerians v. 138 Only in Nippur did the patesiship continue to descend from father to son. |