Aramatle-qo
| Aramatle-qo | |||||
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| Kushite King of Meroe | |||||
 Sitting statue of Aramatle-qo. Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (ÄM 2249) | |||||
| Predecessor | Aspelta | ||||
| Successor | Malonaqen | ||||
| Burial | Nuri 9 | ||||
| Spouse | Atamataka, Piankh-her, Maletasen, Amanitakaye, Akhe(qa)? | ||||
| Issue | King Malonaqen | ||||
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| Father | Aspelta | ||||
| Mother | Queen Henuttakhbit | ||||
Aramatle-qo[1] or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king.[2]
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| Aramatle-qo[2] in hieroglyphs | |||||||||||
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| Era: Late Period (664–332 BC) | |||||||||||
Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen:[2][3]
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:[2]
- Atamataka, her pyramid is located at Nuri (Nu. 55). A heart-scarab belonging to Atamataka was found in Nu. 57.
- Piankh-her. 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 a shabti. 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.[4] 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
- ^ Derek A. Welsby, The Kingdom of Kush, British Museum Press, 1996. p.207
- ^ a b c d Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149
- ^ László Török, The kingdom of Kush: handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization
- ^ László Török: Meroe City, an Ancient African Capital, London 1997, S. 236-39, ISBN 0-85698-137-0
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