Amanikhabale

Amanikhabale
King of Kush
Reign	(50 BCE-40 BCE)
Predecessor	Possibly Kandake Nawidemak?
Successor	Teriteqas alongside Kandake Amanirenas at Napata
Born	BCE
Died	ca 40 BCE
Burial	Pyramid Beg.N2 at Meroë
Full name Amanikhabale
Dynasty	Meroitic period

Amanikhabale (also transliterated Astabarqaman) was a King of Kush (circa 50 BCE-40 BCE).^[1]

According to Reisner, Amanikhabale was buried in Pyramid 2 at the North cemetery (Beg. N2) at Meroe (Bagrawiyah).^[2]

References

1. George A. Reisner, The Pyramids of Meroe and the Candaces of Ethiopia, Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, Vol. 21, No. 124 (Apr., 1923), pp. 11-27
2. G. A. Reisner, The Meroitic Kingdom of Ethiopia: A Chronological Outline, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 9, No. 1/2 (Apr., 1923), pp. 34-77

Further reading

• "A proposito del frammento di stele del re Amanikhabale (Khartoum 522)". Studi di Egittologia e di Papirologia (in Italian) (3): 165–173. 2006. ISSN 1724-6156. (with images of the king's stela)