Amanislo
Amanislo | |
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Amanislo's cartouches on a lion figure | |
Kushite king of Meroë | |
Reign | around 260–250 BCE |
Predecessor | Arakamani |
Successor | Amantekha |
Burial | Meroe, Beg. S 5 |
Amanislo was a king of Kush dating to the middle of the third century BCE.[1]
Monuments and inscriptions[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Pyramid_of_King_Amanislo%2C_Meroe_Southern_Cemetery.jpg/220px-Pyramid_of_King_Amanislo%2C_Meroe_Southern_Cemetery.jpg)
Pyramid of King Amanislo, Meroë Southern Cemetery
Amanislo is mainly known from his pyramid at Meroë. He is buried in Meroe, Beg. S 5. From the position of his pyramid it has been argued that he was the successor of king Arakamani and the predecessor of Amantekha.[1][2]
He is also known from an inscription on a granite lion figure, originally belonged to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III and now at the British Museum. There is also a column drum, found at Semna perhaps providing his name, although the reading is uncertain.
In modern culture[]
Amanislo appears as Amonasro, King of Ethiopia in Verdi's Aida, following the scenario written by Auguste Mariette.
References[]
Literature[]
- Laszlo Török, in: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. II, Bergen 1996, p. 568-569, ISBN 82-91626-01-4
Categories:
- 3rd-century BC monarchs of Kush
- Kings of Kush
- History of Sudan
- 3rd-century BC rulers