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Aramatle-qo

Aramatle-qo or Amtalqa was a Kushite king.

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Wadjkare Aramatle-qo
Sitting statue of Aramatle-qo. Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (ÄM 2249)
Sitting statue of Aramatle-qo. Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (ÄM 2249)
Kushite King of Meroë
Reignc. 580–555 BCE1
PredecessorAspelta
SuccessorMalonaqen
Royal titulary
Prenomen
Wadjkare ("Re is one whose ka endures")
Nomen
Aramatle-qo2
G39N5
G5U1U33E23
N29
ConsortAtamataka, Piankh-her, Maletasen, Amanitakaye, Akheqa?
ChildrenKing Malonaqen
FatherAspelta
MotherQueen Henuttakhbit
BurialNuri 9

Aramatle-qo3 or Amtalqa was a Kushite king.2

Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen:24

Family

Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had several wives:2

  • 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.5 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.

  • Nuri pyramid IX of Aramatle-qo.
    Nuri pyramid IX of Aramatle-qo.
  • Napatan necklace spacer made of gold, 6th century BC. It is inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs in the name of Aramatle-qo.
    Napatan necklace spacer made of gold, 6th century BC. It is inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs in the name of Aramatle-qo.
References

References

  1. Eide, Tormod; Hägg, Tomas; Holton Pierce, Richard; Török, László (1998). 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. University of Bergen. ISBN 82-91626-07-3. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013.
  2. Dunham, Dows; Macadam, M. F. Laming (1949). "Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 35: 139–149. doi:10.1177/030751334903500124. S2CID 192423817.
  3. Welsby, Derek A., The Kingdom of Kush, British Museum Press, 1996. p. 207.
  4. Török, László. The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization, (1997).
  5. Török, László. Meroe City, an Ancient African Capital, London 1997, S. 236-39, ISBN 0-85698-137-0.
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