Arikancharora
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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.
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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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 |