Amanineteyerike
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Amanineteyerike was a Kushite King of Meroe
Meroë
Meroë Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: and Meruwi) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah...

. His reign is dated to the end of the 5th century BCE.

Amanineteyerike took on a full set of titles based on those of the Egyptian Pharaohs.

Horus name: Khanakht Khaemwaset ("Mighty Bull appearing in Thebes"); Mortuary name (?) Hortawy

Nebty Name: Ittawyneb ("Seizer of every land"); Mortuary name (?) Merymaat

Golden Horus Name: Uafkhesutneb(ut) ("Subduer of every land"); Mortuary name (?) Irymaat

Prenomen: Neferibre ("Re is one whose heart is beautiful")

Nomen: Amanineteyerike ( 'rk-Imn-nwty) ("Begotten of Amun of No(=Thebes)")

Amanineteyerike was the son of King Malewiebamani
Malewiebamani
Malewiebamani was a Kushite King of Meroe.Prenomen: Kheperkare Nomen: MalewiebamaniMalewiebamani's mother was likely Queen Saka'aye...

, and brother of Baskakeren
Baskakeren
Baskakeren was a king of Kush . He was likely a son of King Malewiebamani and the younger brother of King Amanineteyerike. He succeeded King Amanineteyerike to the throne....

. His predecessor Talakhamani
Talakhamani
Talakhamani was a Kushite King of Meroe during the second half of the 5th century BCE. No prenomen is known, and his nomen is Talakhamani. He may have been a son of Nasakhma and a younger brother of Malewiebamani. It is also possible Talakhamani is a son of Malewiebamani.Talakhamani is known from a...

was either an older brother or an uncle. He was buried at the royal cemetery in Nuri (Nuri 12).
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