Amanikhareqerem

Amanikhareqerem
Kushite King of Meroë
Temple decoration at Naqa, made in the reign of Amanikhareqerem
Reign	Late 1st century AD
Predecessor	Shorkaror (?)
Successor	Amanitenmemide (?)
Burial	Pyramid Beg. N 16 (?) at Meroë

Amanikhareqerem was a King of Kush who ruled during the late 1st century AD.^[1][2] In older research he was placed into the 2nd century AD.^[3] or possibly earlier. His chronological position means that he may have succeeded Shorkaror and preceded Amanitenmemide.^[2] It is impossible to securely identify where Amanikhareqerem was buried.^[4] It has been suggested that he was buried in the pyramid Beg. N 16 in Meroë.^[2]

Until recently not much was known about Amanikhareqerem. His name only appeared on two ram figures and an object found at Napata. In recent years new excavations at Naqa provided more evidence for him. In 1998, a sandstone medallion with his name was found and recently a temple decoration with his name was excavated at the same place.^[1]

References

1. Kuckertz, Josefineː Amanakhareqerema – a Meroitic King of the 1st Century AD, inː Der Antike Sudan 29 (2018), 119-144.
2. Kuckertz, Josefine (2021). "Meroe and Egypt". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: 5.
3. Welsby, Derek A. [in German] (1998) [1996]. The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires. Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers. ISBN 978-1558761810.
4. Eide, Tormod; Hägg, Tomas; Holton Pierce, Richard; Török, László (1996). Fontes Historiae Nubiorum: Textual Sources for the History of the Middle Nile Region Between the Eighth Century BC and the Sixth Century AD: Vol. II: From the Mid-Fifth to the First Century BC. University of Bergen. p. 936. ISBN 82-91626-01-4.

External links

• "Meroitic Palaeography as a Tool for Chronology: Prospects and Limits"
• Claude Rilly, « Le royaume de Méroé », Afriques (En ligne), Varia posted online April 21, 2010, accessed June 2, 2010.