Aramatle-qo
Kushite King of Meroe
Sitting statue of Aramatle-qo. Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (ÄM 2249)
PredecessorAspelta
SuccessorMalonaqen
Burial
Nuri 9
SpouseAtamataka, Piankh-her, Maletasen, Amanitakaye, Akheqa?
IssueKing Malonaqen
Names
Wadjkare Aramatle-qo
FatherAspelta
MotherQueen Henuttakhbit

Aramatle-qo[1] or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king.[2]

Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen:[2][3]
Prenomen: Wadjkare ("Re is one whose ka endures")
Nomen: Aramatle-qo

Family

Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had several wives:[2]

  • Atmataka, her pyramid is located at Nuri (Nu. 55). A heart-scarab belonging to Atamataka was found in Nu. 57.
  • Piankhher. Buried at Nuri (Nu. 57)
  • Akhe(qa?) was a daughter of Aspelta (and possibly Henuttakhbit). She may have been a sister wife of Aramatle-qo. She is buried at Nuri (Nu. 38)
  • Amanitakaye, was a daughter of Aspelta and a sister-wife of Aramatle-qo. She is the mother of King Malonaqen. Buried at Nuri (Nu. 26). Known from a shawabti and other funerary items.
  • Maletasen is known from many shabtis. She was buried at Nuri (Nu. 39).

Monuments

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Aramatle-qo[2]
in hieroglyphs
Era: Late Period
(664–332 BC)

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.[4] 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. ↑ Derek A. Welsby, The Kingdom of Kush, British Museum Press, 1996. p.207
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149
  3. ↑ László Török, The kingdom of Kush: handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization
  4. ↑ László Török: Meroe City, an Ancient African Capital, London 1997, S. 236-39, ISBN 0-85698-137-0
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