Teqerideamani II
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Teqerideamani II was a King of Kush (ruled 245/246 - after 265/66).
The most important monument of Teqerideamani is an inscription in demotic
in the Isis
temple at Philae
, which bears his name. The inscription is dated during the reign of the Roman emperor Trebonianus Gallus
-- 10 April 253 -- and is so far the only secure date in early Nubian history. Another inscription at this place mentions the regnal year
20 of an unnamed Nubian king. There are several reasons to date this inscription to about 265/66, and is therefore assigned to this king, showing that he ruled at least 20 years.
There is another king Teqerideamani in Kush, known basically from his pyramid in Meroe
. There is at the moment no agreement between researchers whether both people are one king or two separate kings.
The most important monument of Teqerideamani is an inscription in demotic
Demotic
Demotic may refer to:*Demotic Greek, a variety of the Greek language*Demotic , a script and stage of the Egyptian language...
in the Isis
Isis
Isis or in original more likely Aset is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the matron of nature and magic...
temple at Philae
Philae
Philae is an island in the Nile River and the previous site of an Ancient Egyptian temple complex in southern Egypt...
, which bears his name. The inscription is dated during the reign of the Roman emperor Trebonianus Gallus
Trebonianus Gallus
Trebonianus Gallus , also known as Gallus, was Roman Emperor from 251 to 253, in a joint rule with his son Volusianus.-Early life:Gallus was born in Italy, in a family with respected ancestry of Etruscan senatorial background. He had two children in his marriage with Afinia Gemina Baebiana: Gaius...
-- 10 April 253 -- and is so far the only secure date in early Nubian history. Another inscription at this place mentions the regnal year
Regnal year
A regnal year is a year of the reign of a sovereign, from the Latin regnum meaning kingdom, rule.The oldest dating systems were in regnal years, and considered the date as an ordinal, not a cardinal number. For example, a monarch could have a first year of rule, a second year of rule, a third, and...
20 of an unnamed Nubian king. There are several reasons to date this inscription to about 265/66, and is therefore assigned to this king, showing that he ruled at least 20 years.
There is another king Teqerideamani in Kush, known basically from his pyramid in Meroe
Meroë
Meroë Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: and Meruwi) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah...
. There is at the moment no agreement between researchers whether both people are one king or two separate kings.
Literature
- Inge Hofmann, Beiträge zur meroitischen Chronologie (St. Augustin bei Bonn, 1978), pp. 164-65, 168-69