Senkamanisken

Biography

He might have been married to queens Amanimalel and Nasalsa, the latter of whom bore him two sons: Anlamani and Aspelta. Both sons would ultimately assume the Kushite throne after his death at Napata, Nubia's capital city. His pyramid is Nu.3 in Nuri.

Statues of Senkamanisken have been found buried or hidden in the Jebel Barkal, presumably due to Psamtik II's attack on Kush in 592 BC. A sphinx has also been found which was inscribed with his name. Objects bearing the name of this king have also been found in Meroë indicating that he placed a degree of importance to this site which would be the political capital of the Kushite kingdom after Psamtik II's sack of Napata in 592 BC.

He is the only Nubian king after the 25th Dynasty known from an inscription found in Egypt. He appears on a fragment of an offering table from Memphis.

Artifacts

File:Senkamanisken statue, Kerma Museum.jpg|Senkamanisken statue, Kerma Museum File:Senkamanisken Louvre Museum reconstruction.jpg|Senkamanisken, Louvre Museum reconstruction, with pharaonic headdress. File:Senkamanisken, Black Pharaohs Cache (Dukki Gel ) , Kerma Museum, Sudan.jpg|Senkamanisken portrait in the Kerma Museum Senkamanisken, Black Pharaohs Cache (Dukki Gel ) , Kerma Museum , Sudan.jpg|Senkamanisken portrait in the Kerma Museum File:Senkamanisken, original statue in Kerma Museum, and Louvre Museum reconstruction.jpg|Senkamanisken, original in Kerma Museum, and Louvre Museum reconstruction through color-pigment analysis File:Senkamanisken, wearing the skin of a feline over his torso.jpg|Senkamanisken, wearing the skin of a feline over his torso, Kerma Museum Funerary figure of King Senkamanisken.jpg|An ushabti figurine of Senkamanisken, found in his tomb at Nuri File:Statue of King Senkamanisken Boston Museum.jpg|Statue of King Senkamanisken, Boston Museum of Fine Arts File:5D4 1256-3.jpg|Queen Amanimalil, possible consort of Senkamanisken File:Nuri Pyramid Nu -III King Senkamanisken r 640-620 BCE, seen from the top of the pyramid of Taharqa.jpg|Ruins of the pyramid of Senkamisken at Nuri

Temple B700 at Jebel Barkal

He also decorated Temple B700 (started by Aspelta) at Jebel Barkal, where he is shown clubbing enemies.

The hieroglyphic inscription on the Temple described the role of God Amun in selecting Senkamanisken as king:

File:Ruins of Temple B700 of Jebel Barkal with relief of Senkamanisken clubbing enemies, drawn in 1821.jpg|Ruins of Temple B700 of Jebel Barkal with relief of Senkamanisken clubbing enemies, drawn in 1821 by Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds File:Senkamanisken slaying enemies at Jebel Barkal.jpg|Senkamanisken slaying enemies in front of God Amun, at Jebel Barkal (pylon of building B 700, west of the main temple). File:Senkamanisken slaying enemies at Jebel Barkal (detail).jpg|Senkamanisken slaying enemies at Jebel Barkal (detail). File:Senkamanisken slaying enemies at Jebel Barkal (detail of the enemies).jpg|Detail of the enemies

References

References

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