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together with the great Íahi Khiãgila, together with the god-king
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in 466 CE, and may also have helped him take the throne against his brother
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mentions him as an active ruler making a donation to a
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A Copper Scroll
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Gudrun Melzer; Lore Sander (2006). Jens
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