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pqyd, pqydˀ n.m. (subordinate) official
(subordinate) official
OfAEg, OfAPer, Syr
TAD A4.2R.6↗ מזדיזן הו פקיד למדינא[ ٠٠٠٠٠٠‏ : PN is a pqyd for the province of ... ; TAD A6.8 .1↗ וכעת פסמשך פקידא זילי שלח עלי כן אמר‏ : now then PN my pqyd has written me saying thus ; SyrCharm.1.40:8↗ ܘܦܩܝ̈ܕܐ ܘܦܩ̈ܘܕܐ ܐܣܪܢܐ ܘܒܠܡܢܐ ܦܘܡ̈ܝܗܘܢ‏
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For the role(s) of the pqyd in Achaemenid Egypt (and parallel use of paqdu in Achaemenid Babylonia) see the extensive discussions in Turpin and Ma, eds. Aršāma and his World (2020), especially pp. 91ff.
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