Amanitaraqide held the title of

Kandake Kandake, kadake or kentake ( Meroitic: 𐦲𐦷𐦲𐦡 ''kdke''),Kirsty Rowan"Revising the Sound Value of Meroitic D: A Phonological Approach,"''Beitrage zur Sudanforschung'' 10 (2009). often Latinised as Candace ( grc, Κανδάκη, ''Kandak� ...

in the

Kingdom of Kush The Kingdom of Kush (; Egyptian language, Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 ''kꜣš'', Akkadian language, Assyrian: ''Kûsi'', in LXX grc, Κυς and Κυσι ; cop, ''Ecōš''; he, כּוּשׁ ''Kūš'') was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, ce ...

during the years 21-41 CE. The title, often Latinised as Candace ( grc, Κανδάκη), was the Meroitic term for the sister of the king who, due to the

matrilineal Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline – their mother's Lineage (anthropology), lineage – and which can in ...

succession, would bear the next heir, making her a

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. She had her own court, probably acted as a landholder and held a prominent secular role as regent. Given the dates of her reign as Kandake, Amanitaraqide appears to be the subject of a brief reference in the

New Testament The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...

(). Amanitaraqide was the direct successor of

Amanitore Amanitore (early or mid-1st century CE), also spelled Amanitere or Amanitare, was a Nubian Kandake, or queen regnant, of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë, which also is referred to as Nubia in many ancient sources. Alternative spellings inc ...

, who served as Kandake from 1 BCE to 20 CE.Department of Egyptian Art. "List of Rulers: Ancient Sudan". In ''Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History''. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–
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(October 2001) A Nubian ornamental bracelet from the period of Amanitaraqide's reign is on display at the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works ...

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