Aramatle-qo

Aramatle-qo^[3] or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king.^[2]

Wadjkare Aramatle-qo
Sitting statue of Aramatle-qo. Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (ÄM 2249)
Kushite King of Meroe
Reign	c. 580–555 BCE[1]
Predecessor	Aspelta
Successor	Malonaqen
Royal titulary Praenomen Wadjkare ("Re is one whose ka endures") Nomen Aramatle-qo[2]
Consort	Atamataka, Piankh-her, Maletasen, Amanitakaye, Akheqa?
Children	King Malonaqen
Father	Aspelta
Mother	Queen Henuttakhbit
Burial	Nuri 9

Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen:^[2][4]

Family

Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had several wives:^[2]

• Atmataka, her pyramid is located at Nuri (Nu. 55). A heart-scarab belonging to Atamataka was found in Nu. 57.
• Piankhher. Buried at Nuri (Nu. 57)
• Akhe(qa?) was a daughter of Aspelta (and possibly Henuttakhbit). She may have been a sister wife of Aramatle-qo. She is buried at Nuri (Nu. 38)
• Amanitakaye, was a daughter of Aspelta and a sister-wife of Aramatle-qo. She is the mother of King Malonaqen. Buried at Nuri (Nu. 26). Known from a shawabti and other funerary items.
• Maletasen is known from many shabtis. She was buried at Nuri (Nu. 39).

Monuments

Aramatle-qo is primarily attested by his pyramid Nu 9 in Nuri which dates to the end of the 6th or the 5th century BC. A votive object bearing his name originates from Meroe.^[5] A piece of jewelry from Aramatle-qo's pyramid, a gold collar necklace which bears his name, was found here. It may have belonged to the king himself or to one of his courtiers.

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  Nuri pyramid IX of Aramatle-qo.
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  Napatan necklace spacer made of gold, 6th century BC. It is inscribed with Egyptian hieroglyphs in the name of Aramatle-qo.