Aramatelqo

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Name of Aramatelqo
Throne name
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Wadjkare
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Proper name
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Aramatelqo
in Egyptian hieroglyphics
Piece of jewelery from the ruler's pyramid with his name

Aramatelqo was a Nubian king. He bears the Egyptian throne name Wadjkare.

He is mainly known from his pyramid Nu 9 in Nuri and probably ruled at the end of the 6th or 5th century BC. The pyramid of his wife Atamataka can also be found in the Nuri cemetery ( No. 55). Another wife may be Pianchher . Votive offerings with his name come from Meroe .

See also

Remarks

  1. ^ Lazlo Török: Meroe City, an Ancient African Capital , London 1997, pp. 236-39, ISBN 0856981370

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