- Anlamani
Anlamani was a king of Nubia or Kush who ruled from 620 BC and died around 600 BC. Under his reign, Kush experienced a revival in her power. Anlamani was the son of
Senkamanisken , his predecessor, and the elder brother ofAspelta , his successor. [Dows Dunham & M. F. Laming Macadam: Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 35 (1949), pp.139-149]Reign
Anlamani is particularly well known from a stela discovered in a temple at Kawa. The stela records his mother Nasalsa's visit to Kawa to watch his officail coronation as king. It also notes his decision to make four of his sisters as "sistrum-players" in the National temple of
Amun at Gebel Barkal. [ [http://wysinger.homestead.com/anlamani.html king Anlamani] ] and reports the king's campaign against certain nomads tribes who threatened Kawa.Two granite statues of this king have been found in
Gebel Barkal while a block from Meroe bearing his name is known. [Derek A. Welsby/Julie R. Anderson (Hrsg.): Sudan, Ancient Treasurers, London 2004, S. 168, Nr. 148] One of the statues is today located in the National Museum ofKhartoum , Sudan) while the other (a 12 foot high statue) is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. [ [http://www.dignubia.org/bookshelf/rulers.php?rul_id=00013 Anlamani] ] Anlamani was buried in pyramid Nu. 6 in Nuri. In his grave stood a large chamber, decorated with religious texts and his sarcophagus. Sometime, in the reign of his brother Aspelta, the Egyptian kingPsamtik II launched a campaign against Kush which resulted in the sack of his kingdom's capital in 592 BC.References
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* [http://www.dignubia.org/bookshelf/rulers.php?rul_id=00013 Anlamani]
* [http://wysinger.homestead.com/anlamani.html Kushite king Anlamani]
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