IIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C. – IIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Meroitic kingdom and Lower Nubia
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Arqamani was a Meroitic king associated with temple building in Lower Nubia, especially at Philae and Dakka, during the late third or early second century BC. He is commonly identified with Ergamanes, the king described by Diodorus Siculus as having challenged the authority of the Meroitic priesthood. That identification is plausible but not certain, since several similar Meroitic royal names may have been rendered in Greek under the form Ergamanes. His reign belongs to a period of unusually close contact between Meroe and Ptolemaic Egypt.
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Arqamani appears in the extract as a Meroitic king active in temple construction beyond the kingdom’s central region. Inscriptions connect him with buildings at Philae and Dakka in Lower Nubia, and parts of those same monuments bear the name of Ptolemy IV. This combination places Arqamani within a period of unusually close interaction between Meroe and Ptolemaic Egypt, although the nature of Meroitic political control in the north cannot be established securely.
The king is usually identified with Ergamanes, the ruler of Meroe described by Diodorus Siculus. In that account, Ergamanes had received a Greek education and studied philosophy before rejecting the priests’ command that he die. He entered the sacred precinct with soldiers, killed the priests, abolished the custom, and thereafter governed according to his own will. The episode, if historically reliable, portrays a decisive confrontation between royal authority and the temple establishment.
The identification between Arqamani and Ergamanes remains provisional. The extract notes that Arakakamani, Arnekhamani, and Arqamani are sufficiently similar that Greek writers may have represented more than one ruler by the name Ergamanes. Arqamani is nevertheless placed among the immediate successors of Arakakamani, in a sequence spanning approximately 250 to 200 BC, with Hintze assigning his reign to about 218–200 BC.
IIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C. – IIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Meroitic kingdom and Lower Nubia
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Arqamani was a Meroitic king associated with temple building in Lower Nubia, especially at Philae and Dakka, during the late third or early second century BC. He is commonly identified with Ergamanes, the king described by Diodorus Siculus as having challenged the authority of the Meroitic priesthood. That identification is plausible but not certain, since several similar Meroitic royal names may have been rendered in Greek under the form Ergamanes. His reign belongs to a period of unusually close contact between Meroe and Ptolemaic Egypt.
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Le récit
Arqamani appears in the extract as a Meroitic king active in temple construction beyond the kingdom’s central region. Inscriptions connect him with buildings at Philae and Dakka in Lower Nubia, and parts of those same monuments bear the name of Ptolemy IV. This combination places Arqamani within a period of unusually close interaction between Meroe and Ptolemaic Egypt, although the nature of Meroitic political control in the north cannot be established securely.
The king is usually identified with Ergamanes, the ruler of Meroe described by Diodorus Siculus. In that account, Ergamanes had received a Greek education and studied philosophy before rejecting the priests’ command that he die. He entered the sacred precinct with soldiers, killed the priests, abolished the custom, and thereafter governed according to his own will. The episode, if historically reliable, portrays a decisive confrontation between royal authority and the temple establishment.
The identification between Arqamani and Ergamanes remains provisional. The extract notes that Arakakamani, Arnekhamani, and Arqamani are sufficiently similar that Greek writers may have represented more than one ruler by the name Ergamanes. Arqamani is nevertheless placed among the immediate successors of Arakakamani, in a sequence spanning approximately 250 to 200 BC, with Hintze assigning his reign to about 218–200 BC.
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