Aramatle-qo explained

Kushite King of Meroe
Full Name:	Wadjkare Aramatle-qo
Place Of Burial:	Nuri 9
Predecessor:	Aspelta
Successor:	Malonaqen
Spouse:	Atamataka, Piankh-her, Maletasen, Amanitakaye, Akheqa?
Issue:	King Malonaqen
Father:	Aspelta
Mother:	Queen Henuttakhbit

Aramatle-qo^[1] or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king.

Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen:^[2]

Prenomen: Wadjkare ("Re is one whose ka endures")

Nomen: Aramatle-qo

Family

Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had several wives:

• Atmataka, her pyramid is located at Nuri (Nu. 55). A heart-scarab belonging to Atamataka was found in Nu. 57.
• Piankhher. Buried at Nuri (Nu. 57)
• Akhe(qa?) was a daughter of Aspelta (and possibly Henuttakhbit). She may have been a sister wife of Aramatle-qo. She is buried at Nuri (Nu. 38)
• Amanitakaye, was a daughter of Aspelta and a sister-wife of Aramatle-qo. She is the mother of King Malonaqen. Buried at Nuri (Nu. 26). Known from a shawabti and other funerary items.
• Maletasen is known from many shabtis. She was buried at Nuri (Nu. 39).

Monuments

Aramatle-qo is primarily attested by his pyramid Nu 9 in Nuri which dates to the end of the 6th or the 5th century BC. A votive object bearing his name originates from Meroe.^[3] A piece of jewelry from Aramatle-qo's pyramid, a gold collar necklace which bears his name, was found here. It may have belonged to the king himself or to one of his courtiers.

External links

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Notes and References

1. [:de:Derek A. Welsby|Welsby, Derek A.]
2. [László Török|Török, László]
3. Török, László. Meroe City, an Ancient African Capital, London 1997, S. 236-39, .