Iᵉʳ siècle – Iᵉʳ siècle
Meroitic Sudan
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Amanitare was a Meroitic royal woman associated repeatedly with King Netekamani in inscriptions and monumental reliefs. She bore the title Candace but not qere, leaving her precise status uncertain: she may have been Netekamani’s consort or queen mother. Her prominent representation at Naqa and other sites demonstrates the importance of her role in Meroitic royal ideology.
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Amanitare is known primarily through her association with Netekamani in Meroitic monuments. Her name appears at Amara East, Jebel Barkal, Meroe, Naqa, and Wad ben Naqa, and she is repeatedly represented alongside the king. The geographical spread of these occurrences places her within the central public and religious imagery of the later Meroitic state.
Her title was Candace, but she did not bear the title qere. This distinction matters because Candace could designate an important female royal or administrative function rather than rulership, whereas the combination of Candace and qere is associated in the excerpt with ruling queens. Amanitare’s exact position therefore cannot be determined securely.
At the Lion Temple in Naqa, Netekamani and Amanitare face one another on opposite sides of the doorway, an arrangement described as unique in Meroitic art. They also appear with younger male figures, including Arikankharer and Arikakhatani, whose relationships to the pair are uncertain. Whatever her formal status, Amanitare occupied a highly visible place in the representation of royal power.
Iᵉʳ siècle – Iᵉʳ siècle
Meroitic Sudan
Traduction non disponible · Original (anglais) · français indisponible
Amanitare was a Meroitic royal woman associated repeatedly with King Netekamani in inscriptions and monumental reliefs. She bore the title Candace but not qere, leaving her precise status uncertain: she may have been Netekamani’s consort or queen mother. Her prominent representation at Naqa and other sites demonstrates the importance of her role in Meroitic royal ideology.
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Le récit
Amanitare is known primarily through her association with Netekamani in Meroitic monuments. Her name appears at Amara East, Jebel Barkal, Meroe, Naqa, and Wad ben Naqa, and she is repeatedly represented alongside the king. The geographical spread of these occurrences places her within the central public and religious imagery of the later Meroitic state.
Her title was Candace, but she did not bear the title qere. This distinction matters because Candace could designate an important female royal or administrative function rather than rulership, whereas the combination of Candace and qere is associated in the excerpt with ruling queens. Amanitare’s exact position therefore cannot be determined securely.
At the Lion Temple in Naqa, Netekamani and Amanitare face one another on opposite sides of the doorway, an arrangement described as unique in Meroitic art. They also appear with younger male figures, including Arikankharer and Arikakhatani, whose relationships to the pair are uncertain. Whatever her formal status, Amanitare occupied a highly visible place in the representation of royal power.
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