Amanitaraqide

Amanitaraqide was a king of the kingdom of Kush, ruling from Meroë. The timeframe of his reign and the location of his burial are uncertain and disputed.

Sources and chronology Amanitaraqide is known only from an inscription on an offering table, found in the pyramid Beg. N 16. The offering table mentions that he was the son of Pisakar (father) and Amankhadoke (mother); neither is attested to have ruled themselves and are therefore not believed to have been monarchs, though Amankhadoke may based on her name have been of royal descent. Fontes Historiae Nubiorum dates Amanitaraqide to the late 1st century CE based on objects found in Beg. N 16. and Kuckertz (2021) placed him at the end of the 2nd century.