Amanineteyerike

Amanineteyerike
Nuri pyramid Nu XII of King Amanineteyerike
Kushite King of Meroë
Reign	5th century BC [1]
Predecessor	Talakhamani
Successor	Baskakeren
Royal titulary Horus name Khanakht Khaemwaset ("Mighty Bull appearing in Thebes"); Mortuary name (?) Hortawy Nebty name ttawyneb ("Seizer of every land"); Mortuary name (?) Merymaat Golden Horus Uafkhesutneb(ut) ("Subduer of every land"); Mortuary name (?) Irymaat Praenomen Neferibre ("Re is one whose heart is beautiful") Nomen Amanineteyerike ( 'rk-Imn-nwty) ("Begotten of Amun of No(=Thebes)")
Father	Malewiebamani
Burial	Pyramid at Nuri (Nuri 12)

Amanineteyerike (Amanneteyerike, Aman-nete-yerike, Irike-Amannote) was a Kushite King of Meroë. His reign is dated to the end of the 5th century BCE.

Amanineteyerike took on a full set of titles based on those of the Egyptian Pharaohs.^[2]

Amanineteyerike was the son of King Malewiebamani, and brother of Baskakeren. His predecessor Talakhamani was either an older brother or an uncle. He was buried at the royal cemetery in Nuri (Nuri 12).^[3]

The earliest occurrence of the name Meroe so far found was on the stele of Amanineteyerike.^[4]

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.
2. László Török, The kingdom of Kush: handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization
3. 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
4. Elzain, Intisar Soghayroun (2019). "MEROE, THE CITY STATE, THE KINGDOM, THE EMPIRE WHY MEROE?". p. 37.