Maletaral
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Maletaral (also Maloraral) (reading of the name is uncertain) was a
Nubia Nubia () (Nobiin: Nobīn, ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or ...
n queen with the Egyptian title ''king's mother''. She was perhaps the wife of king Atlanersa and the mother of king Senkamanisken. Maletaral is known from a heart scarab found in a burial at
Nuri Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile River, Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, Sudan, Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. Nuri is the second of three Napatan burial sites ...
(Nu 41). Her burial consisted of a pyramid with a small chapel in front of it. There is a staircase going down to the two burial chambers that were found looted. Gold foil and pottery vessels were found. There were also 283 shabtis. They were uninscribed.Dows Dunhamː ''The Royal cemeteries of Kush, vol. II, Nuri'', Boston 1955, pp. 48-50 (Nu 41)
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/ref> Burial goods from different tombs in the cemetery of Nuri were often found far away from the actual burial. Therefore it must remain uncertain whether tomb Nuri 41 really belonged to Maletaral, as only one object with her name was found.


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7th-century BC women 6th-century BC women Queens of Kush