Arqamani

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Name of Arqamani
Throne name
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Living helper of Amun , chosen by Re
Proper name
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Arqamani may he live forever, loved by Isis

Arqamani (also Ergamenes II. ) Was a Nubian king who lived around 200 BC. Ruled.

supporting documents

Arqamani is best known for its building activity. In ad-Dakka he built a small chapel. He appears on the temple on Philae and in an inscription in the temple of Kalabsha .

Arqamani built his pyramid Beg N7 in Meroe , where he was certainly buried. The building consists of the actual pyramid and a chapel that is built in front of it. This chapel was richly decorated with reliefs. The burial chamber could be reached via a long staircase. The underground part of the tomb consists of three rooms. The first two are each decorated with two pillars. The last room is the burial chamber.

In the burial chamber there is also a stone base for the coffin. It is decorated with depictions of Egyptian deities such as Isis , Nephthys , Anubis and Horus , lying on a bed. Here you can also find the first written evidence that can be described as Meroitic , although these characters still seem rather clumsy and most of the inscriptions to the figures are written in Egyptian hieroglyphics . The burial chamber was already heavily robbed when it was found.

A prince named Arka appears in the temple of Musawwarat es Sufra . It has been suggested that this is Arqamani. He would therefore be the son and probably also the successor of Arnekhamani .

The building activity of Arqamani in Lower Nubia testifies that he ruled this area, which may be connected with the fact that at this time in Upper Egypt an anti -king ( Hor-Wennofer ) ruled under Ptolemy IV , so that the Ptolemaic kings no longer had access to Lower Nubia had.

  • Arqamani pyramid N7 is highlighted

  • Pyramid N7 (first pyramid body from the left)

  • Pyramid N7; plan

title

  • Throne name : Djeretankhamun
  • Proper name : Arqamani (also Mekletek)
  • Name of Horus : Djeretnetjerenperef and Kaschynetjercheper

See also

literature

  • Bertha Porter , Rosalind LB Moss , Ethel W. Burney: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings. VII. Nubia, The Deserts, and outside Egypt. Griffith Institute / Ashmolean Museum , Oxford 1975, pp. 246–247 ( PDF file; 21.6 MB ); Retrieved from The Digital Topographical Bibliography .
  • László Török in Tormod Eide u. a .: Fontes historiae nubiorum: textual sources for the history of the middle Nile region between the eighth century BC and the sixth century AD. Vol. 2. From the mid fifth to the first century BC (= Fontes historiae Nubiorum. Volume 2). University of Bergen, Bergen 1996, ISBN 82-91626-01-4 , pp. 586-590.

Web links

Commons : Category: Arqamani  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Brugsch : The biblical seven years of famine according to the wording of an ancient Egyptian rock inscription. Leipzig 1891, p. 81 ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Arqamani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ergamenes II.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Nubia
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.