Gold flower shaped Diadem, found in the Pyramid of King Talakhamani (435–431 BCE), Nuri pyramid 16. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Predecessor
Malewiebamani
Successor
Amanineteyerike
Burial
Nuri (Nuri 16)
Names
Talakhamani
Talakhamani in hieroglyphs
Era: Late Period (664–332 BC)
Talakhamani was a Kushite King of Meroë 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.[1] It is also possible Talakhamani is a son of Malewiebamani.[2]
Talakhamani is known from a stela from his chapel which is now in Boston. According to an inscription in Kawa he died in his palace at Meroe. He is said to have been succeeded by Amanineteyerike at the age of 41.[1]
Talakhamani's name is etymologically identical with that of King Talakhidamani, who ruled seven centuries later in the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.[3]
Nuri pyramid XVI of King Talakhamani (ruins in the forefront)
^ abDows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149
^Samia Dafa'alla, Succession in the Kingdom of Napata, 900-300 B.C., The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1993), pp. 167-174
^Claude Rilly (2017), "New Light on the Royal Lineage in the Last Decades of the Meroitic Kingdom: The inscription of the Temple of Amun at Meroe Found in 2012 by the Sudanese–Canadian Mission", Sudan and Nubia21: 144–147 (appendix to "The Amun Temple at Meroe Revisited" by Krzysztof Grzymski).
Talakhamani was a Kushite King of Meroë during the second half of the 5th century BCE. No prenomen is known, and his nomen is Talakhamani. He may have...
son of King Malewiebamani, and brother of Baskakeren. His predecessor Talakhamani was either an older brother or an uncle. He was buried at the royal cemetery...
possible that Talakhamani was a younger son of Nasakhma who took the throne after his brother Malewiebamani. Another possibility is that Talakhamani is Malewiebamani's...
is placed after Amaninatakilebte by Rose (1985). The assumption that Talakhamani (whose family is not recorded) was Malewiebamani's brother derives from...
Harsiotef Nuri 14 - King Akhraten Nuri 15 - King Nastasen Nuri 16 - King Talakhamani Nuri 17 - King Baskakeren, son of King Malewiebamani Nuri 18 - King Analmaye...
son of King Malewiebamani, and brother of Baskakeren. His predecessor Talakhamani was either an older brother or an uncle. His name is also written as...
Amun" and is equivalent to that of the 5th-century BC Kushite ruler Talakhamani. Talakhidamani is named in an inscription (no. REM 0101) placed in the...
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