Tamelerdeamani Explained

Kushite King of Meroe
Reign:	Second half of the 3rd century AD
Predecessor:	Teqorideamani
Successor:	Talakhidamani (?)
Place Of Burial:	Pyramid Beg. N 27 at Meroë (?)

Tamelerdeamani was a king of Kush who ruled in the second half of the 3rd century AD.^[1] He was the younger half-brother of his predecessor, Teqorideamani.^[2] His successor is not known, though may based on the overall chronology have been Talakhidamani.^[1]

Tamelerdeamani is known only from an inscription on an offering table.^[2] Like other monarchs of his time he was presumably buried at Meroë. He has speculatively been attributed either pyramid Beg. N 27^{[2] [3]} or pyramid Beg. N 34.^[4] Beg. N 34 is no longer supported as Tamelerdeamani's tomb; older scholarship sometimes erroneously dated him to the early 2nd century AD over a confusion of sources, the time in which that pyramid was built. Beg. N 27 is now more supported since Tamelerdeamani necessarily reigned after his older half-brother, who is known to have been king in the 250s.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Kuckertz. Josefine. 2021. Meroe and Egypt. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. 6.
2. 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. III: From the First to the Sixth Century AD. Hägg. Tomas. Holton Pierce. Richard. Török. László. László Török. 1998. University of Bergen. 82-91626-07-3. 998, 1049.
3. [John Fage|Fage, J. D.]
4. Book: Welsby, Derek A..

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   . The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires. 199–200. Markus Wiener Publishers. 1999. 978-1558761810.