Akhraten was a King of Kush

Kingdom of Kush

The native name of the Kingdom was likely kaš, recorded in Egyptian as .The name Kash is probably connected to Cush in the Hebrew Bible , son of Ham ....

 (ca. 350 BCE-335 BCE).

Akhraten took on at least some titles based on those used by the Egyptian Pharaohs.

Horus name: Kanakht Tjema Neditef ("Mighty Bull whose arm is powerful, Protector of his Father")

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

Nomen: Akhraten

Akhratan may have been a son of Harsiotef

Harsiotef

Harsiotef was a Kushite King of Meroe .Harsiotef took on a full set of titles based on those of the Egyptian Pharaohs.Horus name: Kanakht Khaemnepet...

 and a brother of Nastasen

Nastasen

Nastasen was a king of the North African Nubian civilisation of Kush . According to a stela from Dongola his mother was named Queen Pelkha and his father may have been King Harsiotef. His successor was Aryamani.-Monuments:...

.

Akhratan is known from a cartouche in a chapel and from a black granite statue found in Barkal Temple 500, now located in Boston (23.735). The statue is headless and is missing its feet.

Akhraten may have been succeeded as King of Kush by Nastasen, but some scholars suggest that a king named Amanibakhi

Amanibakhi

Amanibakhi was a Kushite King of Meroe. His reign is dated to the 4th century BCE.Amanibakhi was the successor of Akhraten and the predecessor of Nastasen It is not known where Amanibakhi was buried.-References:...

may have ruled between Akraten and Nastasen.

External links

• picture of the statue Boston (23.735)