Amanikhareqerem Explained

Amanikhareqerem
Kushite King of Meroe
Reign:Late 1st century AD
Predecessor:Shorkaror (?)
Successor:Amanitenmemide (?)
Place Of Burial:Pyramid Beg. N 16 (?) at Meroë

Amanikhareqerem was a King of Kush who ruled during the late 1st century AD.[1] [2] In older research he was placed into the 2nd century AD.[3] or possibly earlier. His chronological position means that he may have succeeded Shorkaror and preceded Amanitenmemide. It is impossible to securely identify where Amanikhareqerem was buried.[4] It has been suggested that he was buried in the pyramid Beg. N 16 in Meroë.

Until recently not much was known about Amanikhareqerem. His name only appeared on two ram figures and an object found at Napata. In recent years new excavations at Naqa provided more evidence for him. In 1998, a sandstone medallion with his name was found and recently a temple decoration with his name was excavated at the same place.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Josefine Kuckertzː Amanakhareqerema – a Meroitic King of the 1st Century AD, inː Der Antike Sudan 29 (2018), 119-144
  2. Kuckertz . Josefine . 2021 . Meroe and Egypt . UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology . en . 5.
  3. Derek A. Welsby, The Kingdom of Kush (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1998)
  4. Book: Eide, Tormod . Fontes Historiae Nubiorum: Textual Sources for the History of the Middle Nile Region Between the Eighth Century BC and the Sixth Century AD: Vol. II: From the Mid-Fifth to the First Century BC . Hägg . Tomas . Holton Pierce . Richard . Török . László . 1996 . University of Bergen . 82-91626-01-4 . 936 . en.
  5. Josefine Kuckertzː Amanakhareqerema – a Meroitic King of the 1st Century AD, inː Der Antike Sudan 29 (2018), 119-144