Amanikatashan is the ruling queen of Kush ( Nubia ), who ruled around 62–85 [1] .
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personal name like Son Ra |
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Pyramid N18 in Meroe (backlit), owned by Amanikatashan
She is the last person on the throne of the Cushitic kingdom , whose personal name is written in Egyptian hieroglyphs . Subsequent Nubian kings wrote only their throne name in Egyptian writing, while Meraoic writing was used in writing personal names.
Until now, the name of Queen Amanikatashan is known only from her pyramid in Meroe No. 18. It is written on the southern wall of the chapel at the pyramid.
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Literature
- Inge Hofmann: Beiträge zur meroitischen Chronologie , St. Petersburg Augustin bei Bonn 1978, S. 139, ISBN 3921389801
- Laszlo Török: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum , Vol. III, Bergen 1998, S. 935, ISBN 8291626073