Arikhankharer | |||||
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Crown prince of Kush | |||||
Prince Arikankharer slaying his enemies (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, USA) | |||||
Born | unknown | ||||
Died | ca. mid-1st century AD | ||||
Burial | Pyramid 5 (?), North Cemetery,
Meroë | ||||
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Dynasty | Meroitic | ||||
Father | Natakamani | ||||
Mother | Amanitore |
Arikhankharer (also transliterated Arikankharor, Arrikharêr; in Meroitic hieroglyphics Arikḫror; in Egyptian hieroglyphs ’Irk-nḫr) was crown prince of the Meroitic Kingdom of Kush in the first half of the 1st century AD. [1]
Arikhankharer was the eldest son of the co-regents Natakamani and Amanitore, and is depicted with them in reliefs in the temple of Apedemak at Naqa and the temple of Amun at Meroë. [2] His royal dress and other aspects of his iconography, along with the Meroitic title pqrtr and the Egyptian throne name Ꜥnḫ-kꜢ-Rᵉ (Ankh-ke-re), confirm his status as the heir apparent. [1] [3] In a relief now in the Worcester Art Museum, he is depicted in royal dress, smiting his enemies and watched over by the winged goddess Tly (otherwise unattested). [1] [4]
Arikhankharer died before reaching the throne and was succeeded as crown prince by his brother Arikakahtani. [1] [3] He may have been [5] buried in pyramid 5 of the north cemetery at Meroë (Begarawiyah N 5), which was excavated in 1921 by an expedition sponsored by Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [6] Roman glass and other imported objects from the tomb suggest a date around the middle of the 1st century AD. [1] [7] The tomb also produced fragments of Greek bronze sculpture, including two small heads of Dionysos. [8]
Arikhankharer | |||||
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Crown prince of Kush | |||||
Prince Arikankharer slaying his enemies (Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, USA) | |||||
Born | unknown | ||||
Died | ca. mid-1st century AD | ||||
Burial | Pyramid 5 (?), North Cemetery,
Meroë | ||||
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Dynasty | Meroitic | ||||
Father | Natakamani | ||||
Mother | Amanitore |
Arikhankharer (also transliterated Arikankharor, Arrikharêr; in Meroitic hieroglyphics Arikḫror; in Egyptian hieroglyphs ’Irk-nḫr) was crown prince of the Meroitic Kingdom of Kush in the first half of the 1st century AD. [1]
Arikhankharer was the eldest son of the co-regents Natakamani and Amanitore, and is depicted with them in reliefs in the temple of Apedemak at Naqa and the temple of Amun at Meroë. [2] His royal dress and other aspects of his iconography, along with the Meroitic title pqrtr and the Egyptian throne name Ꜥnḫ-kꜢ-Rᵉ (Ankh-ke-re), confirm his status as the heir apparent. [1] [3] In a relief now in the Worcester Art Museum, he is depicted in royal dress, smiting his enemies and watched over by the winged goddess Tly (otherwise unattested). [1] [4]
Arikhankharer died before reaching the throne and was succeeded as crown prince by his brother Arikakahtani. [1] [3] He may have been [5] buried in pyramid 5 of the north cemetery at Meroë (Begarawiyah N 5), which was excavated in 1921 by an expedition sponsored by Harvard University and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. [6] Roman glass and other imported objects from the tomb suggest a date around the middle of the 1st century AD. [1] [7] The tomb also produced fragments of Greek bronze sculpture, including two small heads of Dionysos. [8]