Anlamani
{{Short description|Kushite king}}
{{Infobox pharaoh
|Name= Anlamani
|image= Anlamani statue reconstruction, with Egyptian headdress.jpg
|caption = Statue of Anlamani, Louvre Museum reconstruction
|burial = Nuri (Nu. 6)
|reign= c. 620–600 BC
|role=Kushite king of Napata
|NomenHiero=
|nomen= Anlamani
|PrenomenHiero=
|prenomen= Ankhkare
Ra is one whose ka lives
|golden= Her(y)hormaat
Who is satisfied with equity
|nebty= Seankhibutawy
Nourisher of the Two Lands
|horus= Kanakht Khaemmaat
Strong Bull appears in Equity
|predecessor = Senkamanisken
|successor = Aspelta
|consort = Mediken ?
|offspring =
|father = Senkamanisken
|mother = Nasalsa
}}
Anlamani was a king of the Kingdom of Kush in Nubia, who ruled from 620 BC and died around 600 BC.
Under his reign, Kush experienced a revival in its power. Anlamani was the son of Senkamanisken, his predecessor, and the elder brother of Aspelta, his successor.{{cite journal|last1=Dunham|first1=Dows|author-link=Dows Dunham|last2=Macadam|first2=M. F. Laming|title=Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata|journal=Journal of Egyptian Archaeology|volume=35|year=1949|pages=139–149|doi=10.1177/030751334903500124|s2cid=192423817}}
Anlamani used titles based on those of the Egyptian pharaohs.{{cite book|last=Török|first=László|author-link=László Török|title=The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization|publisher=Brill|year=1997|isbn=978-90-04-10448-8}}
Reign
File:Anlamani Black Pharaoh (Dukki Gel ) Cache, Kerma Museum, Sudan.jpg]]
File:Anlamani's pyramid, Nuri, Sudan, North-east Africa.jpg, Sudan]]
Anlamani is particularly well known from a stela discovered in a temple at Kawa. The stela records his mother Nasalsa's visit to Kawa to watch his official coronation as king. It also notes his decision to make four of his sisters as "sistrum-players" in the National temple of Amun at Jebel Barkal and reports the king's campaign against certain nomadic tribes who threatened Kawa.{{Citation needed|date=March 2013}}
Two granite statues of this king have been found in Jebel Barkal while a block from Meroë bearing his name is known.Derek A. Welsby/Julie R. Anderson (Hrsg.): Sudan, Ancient Treasurers, London 2004, S. 168, Nr. 148. One of the statues is today located in the National Museum of Khartoum, Sudan) while the other (a 12 foot high statue) is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.[http://www.dignubia.org/bookshelf/rulers.php?rul_id=00013 Anlamani] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720011046/http://www.dignubia.org/bookshelf/rulers.php?rul_id=00013|date=July 20, 2011}} Anlamani was buried in pyramid Nu. 6 in Nuri. In his tomb stood a large chamber, decorated with religious texts, and his sarcophagus.
In 592 BC, under the reign of his brother Aspelta, the Egyptian king Psamtik II launched a campaign against Kush which resulted in the sack of Napata.
Image gallery
File:Anlamani-Londres.png| Statue of Anlamani
File:Anlamani-Estela.jpg| Stela of Anlamani
File:Analamani cartouche.jpg| Cartouche of Anlamani
File:Tawaret figurine (Boston MFA).jpg|Taweret figure from the time of Anlamani
File:Prenomen and Nomen of Anlamani.jpg|Prenomen and Nomen of Anlamani
File:Anlamani, Boston Museum.jpg|Statue of Anlamani, Boston Museum of Art.{{cite web|title=Statue of King Anlamani|url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/145120?image=|website=collections.mfa.org|access-date=October 26, 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040525132508/http://dignubia.org/bookshelf/rulers.php?rul_id=00013 Anlamani]
- Rilly, Claudeː [http://sfdas.com/IMG/pdf/histoire_et_civilisations_du_soudan_15_bd.pdf Anlamani et l’accession au trône d’Aspelta], inː Histoire et civilisations du Soudan, Paris Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule : Soleb ; Éditions Bleu autour 2017, (in French). {{ISBN|978-2-918157-24-3}}, pp. 159-163.
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