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Talakhamani
Sign in to saveTalakhamani was a Kushite King of Meroë during the second half of the 5th century BCE. No prenomen is known, and his nomen is Talakhamani. He may have been a son of Nasakhma and a younger brother of Malewiebamani. Alternatively, Talakhamani may have been a son of Malewiebamani.
Key facts
- Pharaoh.role
- Kushite King of Meroë
- Pharaoh.image
- Gold flower shaped Diadem, found in te Pyramid of King Talakhamani (435–431 B.C.).jpg
- Pharaoh.caption
- Gold flower shaped Diadem, found in the Pyramid of King Talakhamani (435–431 BCE), Nuri pyramid 16. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- Pharaoh.name
- Talakhamani
- Pharaoh.burial
- Nuri (Nuri 16)
- Pharaoh.reign
- second half of the 5th century BCE
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Malewiebamani
- Pharaoh.successor
- Amanineteyerike
- Pharaoh.nomen
- Talakhamani
- Pharaoh.nomen_hiero
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Talakhamani was a Kushite King of Meroë during the second half of the 5th century BCE. No prenomen is known, and his nomen is Talakhamani. He may have been a son of Nasakhma and a younger brother of Malewiebamani. Alternatively, Talakhamani may have been a son of Malewiebamani.
Talakhamani is known from a stela from his chapel which is now in Boston. According to an inscription in Kawa he died in his palace at Meroe. He is said to have been succeeded by Amanineteyerike at the age of 41.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Talakhamani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.