Adikhalamani

Sources and chronology

Adikhalamani's name is known only from inscriptions at the temple complex of Philae.****

Although no burial for Adikhalamani can be securely identified, he is conventionally attributed either Beg. N 8 or Beg. N 9, both located in Meroë and dating to the approximate time of Adikhalamani's reign. Beg. N 8 preserves the fragmentary name "(...)mr(...)t" and Beg. N 9 preserves the name "Tabirqo". László Török (2015) suggested that Tabirqo was a "funerary name" of Adikhalamani and that (...)mr(...)t was a distinct succeeding king. Josefine Kuckertz (2021) instead proposed that Adikhalamani and (...)mr(...)t were the same king and that Tabirqo was a distinct succeeding king. If Kuckertz's identification is accepted, Adikhalamani was the husband of Nahirqo, whose name is recorded in Beg. N 8 and who later ruled as the first queen regnant of Kush.

Adikhalamani is believed to have been contemporary with an Egyptian revolt dated to ca. 207-186 BCE. During this revolt a ruler, Horwennefer took control of Thebes and revolted against Ptolemy IV Philopator. The revolt ended ca. 186 BCE when Ankhwennefer (his successor or more likely Horwennefer with a different nomen) was captured and executed.

Titles

• Prenomen: Titenre Setepnetjeru ("Image of Re, chosen of the Gods")
• Nomen: Adikhalamani with epithet Meryiset

References

References

1. Kuckertz, Josefine. (2021). "Meroe and Egypt". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology.
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3. Török, László. (2015). "The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization". Brill.
4. [http://www.tyndalehouse.com/Egypt/ptolemies/genealogy.htm The Ptolemaic Dynasty] {{webarchive. link. (February 4, 2011 by Chris Bennett. Retrieved June 2, 2010.)
5. Török, László. ''The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization'', 1997.