Natakamani
| Natakamani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Statue of Natakamani, Argo Island, Tabo Temple, c. 60 CE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| King of Kush | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | Middle 1st century (50 — 80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coregency | Amanitore (mother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Amanikhabale (?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Shorkaror | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natakamani, also called Aqrakamani,[2] was a king of Kush who reigned from Meroë in the middle of the 1st century CE.[2] He ruled as co-regent together with his mother Amanitore.[2] Natakamani is the best attested ruler of the Meroitic period.[3] He and Amanitore may have been contemporaries of the Roman emperor Nero.[2]
Historical images
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Natakamani name -
A statue that may depict Natakamani -
Monumental Natakamani statue, as found in 1821 -
Another statue of Natakamani, as found in 1821 -
Stela with meroitic inscriptions for Natakamani and Amanitore -
![Pylons depicting King Natakamani and Queen Amanitore smiting enemies. The queen holds a sword, the king an axe. Apademak Temple in Naqa.[4]](/media/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Naga_L%C3%B6wentempel.jpg/250px-Naga_L%C3%B6wentempel.jpg)
![Pylons depicting King Natakamani and Queen Amanitore smiting enemies. The queen holds a sword, the king an axe. Apademak Temple in Naqa.[4]](/wiki/File:Naga_L%C3%B6wentempel.jpg?lang=simple)
See also
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[change | change source]- ↑ All proper names of the Meroitic kings are written in Meroitic: The characters of this language are then partly adopted into Egyptian hieroglyphs, whereby the name remains Meroitic and thus initially incomprehensible.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kuckertz, Josefine (2021). "Meroe and Egypt". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: 5, 13, 17.
- ↑ Mokhtar, G. (2001) Ancient Civilizations of Africa "University of California Press". p. 168. ISBN 0-85255-092-8.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
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