Amani-nete-yerike is the first Kushite ruler in the passage for whom a written source explicitly records residence at Meroe. Four inscriptions on the walls of Taharqa’s temple at Kawa provide information about his reign and about the changing linguistic environment of Kush, where Egyptian remained the language of royal texts but showed increasing influence from an indigenous language.

The principal inscription, known as Kawa IX, states that Amani-nete-yerike was living at Meroe and identifies Talakhamani as his predecessor. After Talakhamani’s death at Meroe, the new ruler first suppressed a revolt by the Rehrebs, probably near the confluence of the Nile and the Atbara. He then crossed the Bayuda to Napata, a journey said to have taken nine days.

At Napata, Amani-nete-yerike underwent ceremonies in the palace and the temple of Amun-Re, where the god granted him the kingdom. He subsequently fought the desert-dwelling Meded downstream from Napata and visited temples at Kawa and Argo. His activities combined military authority, religious legitimacy, temple patronage, and inspection of important sacred places.

The inscriptions also illuminate royal family and succession practices. At Kawa, Amani-nete-yerike received a visit from the queen mother, an event considered significant enough to enter official records. Another inscription gives him a regnal year of twenty-five, demonstrating that his reign lasted at least that long.