Tamelerdeamani
Tamelerdeamani was a king of Kush who ruled in the second half of the 3rd century AD.[1] He was the younger half-brother of his predecessor, Teqorideamani.[2] His successor is not known, though may based on the overall chronology have been Talakhidamani.[1]
| Tamelerdeamani | |
|---|---|
| Kushite King of Meroe | |
| Reign | Second half of the 3rd century AD |
| Predecessor | Teqorideamani |
| Successor | Talakhidamani (?) |
| Burial | Pyramid Beg. N 27 at Meroë (?) |
Tamelerdeamani is known only from an inscription on an offering table.[2] Like other monarchs of his time he was presumably buried at Meroë. He has speculatively been attributed either pyramid Beg. N 27[2][3] or pyramid Beg. N 34.[4] Beg. N 34 is no longer supported as Tamelerdeamani's tomb; older scholarship sometimes erroneously dated him to the early 2nd century AD over a confusion of sources, the time in which that pyramid was built. Beg. N 27 is now more supported since Tamelerdeamani necessarily reigned after his older half-brother, who is known to have been king in the 250s.[2]
References
- Kuckertz, Josefine (2021). "Meroe and Egypt". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: 6.
- 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. pp. 998, 1049. ISBN 82-91626-07-3.
- J.D. Fage, and R.A. Oliver, The Cambridge history of Africa, 2002
- Welsby, Derek. The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires, pg 199 - 200. Markus Wiener Publishers, 1999
