Arikancharora

Arikancharora (around the first century AD) is a person who appears behind King Natakamani and Amanitore in the Amun temple of Naqa . It is also documented in the Temple of Amun M 260 in Meroe , where Natakamani also built. He may also be mentioned in a temple near Mount Barkal , but his name has been partially destroyed there.

The name of Arikancharora is written like a king in a cartouche and like a king he has a second name, also written in a cartouche: Anchkare . Nevertheless, he should not have been a ruling king, since he lacks other royal attributes and he is always named together with Natakamani, who ruled as king with certainty. Arikancharora can therefore only have been a prince or general who, like Akinidad, had the honor of being able to write his name in a cartouche.

Arikancharora was buried in the pyramid Beg N5 in Meroe . The pyramid chapel is well preserved and richly decorated with various representations and texts. There was also a sacrificial tablet with his mother's name on it, but only remnants of it have survived: ... l.

Pyramid N5 of Arikancharora is highlighted
Stele of Arikancharora

literature

Inge Hofmann: Contributions to the Meroitic chronology. St. Augustin near Bonn 1978, ISBN 3-921389-80-1 , pp. 124, 127
Michael H. Zach: Thoughts on the kdke Amanitore. In: Caris-Beatrice Arnst, I. Hafemann, A. Lohwasser (eds.): Encounters - ancient cultures in the Nile valley. Wodtke and Stegbauer, Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-934374-02-6 , pp. 509-520

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personal data
SURNAME	Arikancharora
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Person who appears behind King Natakamani and Amanitore in the Temple of Amun in Naqa
DATE OF BIRTH	1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH	1st century or 2nd century