__NOTOC__ Adikhalamani was a Kushite King of Meroe dating to the 2nd century BCE. Adikhalamani was the successor of King

Arqamani Arqamani (also Arkamani or Ergamenes IITörök (2008), p. 393) was a Kushite King of Meroë dating from the late 3rd to early 2nd century BCE. Biography It is believed that Arqamani ruled in Meroë at the time of the Egyptian revolt of Horwen ...

and was later succeeded by a king whose name has only partially survived: (...)mr(...)t. He is said to be contemporary with an Egyptian revolt dated to ca. 207-186 BCE. During this revolt a ruler,

Horwennefer Horwennefer ( egy, ḥr-wnn-nfr " Horus- Onnophris"; grc, Άροννώφρις ) was an Upper Egyptian who led Upper Egypt in secession from the rule of Ptolemy IV Philopator in 205 BC. No monuments are attested to this king but along with his su ...

(who may have been a Nubian) took control of Thebes and revolted against

Ptolemy IV Philopator egy, Iwaennetjerwymenkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun Clayton (2006) p. 208. , predecessor = Ptolemy III , successor = Ptolemy V , horus = ''ḥnw-ḳni sḫꜤi.n-sw-it.f'Khunuqeni sekhaensuitef'' The strong youth whose f ...

. The revolt ended ca. 186 BCE when Ankhwennefer (his successor or more likely Horwennefer with a different nomen) was captured and executed.The Ptolemaic Dynasty
by Chris Bennett, retrieved June 2, 2010

Titles

Prenomen The ''praenomen'' (; plural: ''praenomina'') was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the bi ...

: Titenre Setepnetjeru ("Image of Re, chosen of the Gods") * Nomen: Adikhalamani with epithet Meryiset László Török, The kingdom of Kush: handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization, 1997

Monuments and inscriptions

Adikhalamani was buried at Meroe in Beg. N 9. Adikhalamani initiated the building of the

Temple of Debod The Temple of Debod ( es, Templo de Debod) is an ancient Egyptian temple that was dismantled as part of the International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia and rebuilt in the center of Madrid, Spain, in Parque de la Montaña, Madrid, a squa ...

, which contains reliefs showing the king offering to various deities, including Amun, Mut, Osiris, Isis, Harpocrates, Nekhbet and Wadjet.

References

Literature

*Laszlo Török, in: ''Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. II'', Bergen 1996, 511-520, 2nd-century BC monarchs of Kush 2nd-century BC rulers in Africa {{Sudan-bio-stub