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Amanitore, also spelled Amanitere or Amanitare, was a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush, ruling from Meroë in the middle of the 1st century AD. She ruled together with her son, Natakamani. The co-reign of Amanitore and Natakamani is a very well attested period and appears to have been a prosperous time. They may have been contemporaries of the Roman emperor Nero.

Key facts

Pharaoh.image
Aegyptisches Museum Berlin InvNr7261 20080313 Barkenuntersatz Natakamani Amanitore aus Wad Ban Naga 1.jpg
Pharaoh.caption
Amanitore at Wad ban Naqa
Pharaoh.role
Kushite Queen of Meroë
Pharaoh.reign
Middle 1st century AD
Pharaoh.name
Amanitore
Pharaoh.predecessor
Amanikhabale (?)
Pharaoh.successor
Shorkaror
Pharaoh.coregency
Natakamani (son)
Pharaoh.children
Natakamani
Pharaoh.burial
Pyramid at Meroë (Beg. N 1)
Pharaoh.NomenHiero
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Pharaoh.nomen
Amanitorein Egyptian hieroglyphs
Pharaoh.PrenomenHiero
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Pharaoh.prenomen
Merkare

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Kingdom of Kush
Occupation
politician
Languages spoken
Meroitic
Noble title
Kandake
Field of work
politics
Image
Aegyptisches Museum Berlin InvNr7261 20080313 Barkenuntersatz Natakamani Amanitore aus Wad Ban Naga 1.jpg
Work location
Nubian Desert
Residence
Jebel Barkal
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Commons category
Amanitore
date of death
0080-00-00
place of burial
Meroë
present in work
Civilization VI
date of birth
0030-00-00
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Amanitore, also spelled Amanitere or Amanitare, was a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush, ruling from Meroë in the middle of the 1st century AD. She ruled together with her son, Natakamani. The co-reign of Amanitore and Natakamani is a very well attested period and appears to have been a prosperous time. They may have been contemporaries of the Roman emperor Nero.

==Life== Amanitore and Natakamani are known from their tombs and from numerous monuments where the two are depicted together. Older scholars assumed that Amanitore was Natakamani's wife, although they are now conventionally assumed to have been mother and son; an ancient graffito found at the Temple of Dakka strongly suggests that Amanitore was Natakamani's mother.

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