Aramatle-qo

Aramatle-qo or Amtalqa was a Kushite king.

Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen:

Family

Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had several wives:

Monuments

Aramatle-qo is primarily attested by his pyramid Nu 9 in Nuri which dates to the end of the 6th or the 5th century BC. A votive object bearing his name originates from Meroe. A piece of jewelry from Aramatle-qo's pyramid, a gold collar necklace which bears his name, was found here. It may have belonged to the king himself or to one of his courtiers.

References

  1. ↑ Eide, Tormod; Hägg, Tomas; Holton Pierce, Richard; Török, László (1998). Fontes Historiae Nubiorum: Textual Sources for the History of the Middle Nile Region Between the Eighth Century BC and the Sixth Century AD: Vol. III: From the First to the Sixth Century AD. University of Bergen. ISBN 82-91626-07-3. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dunham, Dows; Macadam, M. F. Laming (1949). "Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 35: 139–149. doi:10.1177/030751334903500124. S2CID 192423817.
  3. ↑ Welsby, Derek A., The Kingdom of Kush, British Museum Press, 1996. p. 207.
  4. ↑ Török, László. The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization, (1997).
  5. ↑ Török, László. Meroe City, an Ancient African Capital, London 1997, S. 236-39, ISBN 0-85698-137-0.