Amanitenmemide

Amanitenmemide was a Nubian king whose throne name was Nebmaatre. His nome is written in Meroitic, while his throne name is written in classical Egyptian hieroglyphs. He is thus far only known from his pyramid in Meroe (Beg. N17). The pyramid occupies an area of 8.6 X 8.6 m and is, therefore, one of the smaller royal pyramids at Meroe. In front of the pyramid there was a decorated chapel. The decoration was copied by the Lepsius expedition. One wall was brought to Berlin, another, now only preserved in six blocks is now in the British Museum in London. ["Pharaons noirs, sur la Piste des Quarante Jours", Mariemont 2007, p. 164-65 (Nr. 81)]

Three skeletons were found in the burial chamber of the pyramid--two of them belonging to women, the third to a man of about 30 years old man, which are, perhaps, the remains of the king himself.

There is little evidence for dating the king. The small size of the pyramid indicates a date after Natakamani under whom the pyramids in general became smaller. It has been suggested that Amanitenmemide belongs to the first century AD.

References

Literatur

* Inge Hofmann, "Beiträge zur meroitischen Chronologie", St. Augustin bei Bonn 1978, p. 139, ISBN 3921389801
*Laszlo Török, in: "Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. III", Bergen 1998, p. 914-916, ISBN 8291626073

External links

* [http://edoc3.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/lepsius/page/abt5/band10/image/05100510 The decoration of the chapel copied by the Lepsius expedition (top left and bottom left)]