Amanirenas
Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena), was queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush from the end of the 1st century BCE to beginning of the 1st century CE. She is known for halting the Roman expansion into Kush in present-day Sudan.
| Amanirenas | |||||
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| Queen regnant of Kush | |||||
Meroitic Stela found at Hamadab | |||||
| Reign | End of the 1st century BCE–beginning of the 1st century CE | ||||
| Predecessor | Teriteqas | ||||
| Successor | Amanishakheto | ||||
| Burial | Jebel Barkal (Bar. 4?) | ||||
| Spouse | Teriteqas | ||||
| Issue | Akinidad | ||||
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Her full title was Amnirense qore li kdwe li ("Ameniras, qore and kandake"). Meroitic, the indigenous language of the kingdom of Kush, remains undeciphered; however, inscriptions giving Queen Amanirenas the title of "qore" as well as "kandake" suggest that she was an individually ruling queen.
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