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.

References

1. Derek A. Welsby, The Kingdom of Kush, British Museum Press, 1996. p.207
2. László Török, The kingdom of Kush: handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization
3. László Török: Meroe City, an Ancient African Capital, London 1997, S. 236-39,

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