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Malewiebamani was a Kushite King of Meroe. ''Prenomen:'' Kheperkare ("Re is one whose ka is manifest") ''Nomen:'' Malewiebamani Malewiebamani's mother was likely Queen Saka'aye. Malewiebamani was the son of either
Nasakhma Nasakhma (Nasakhmaqa) was a Kushite King of Meroe. He was the successor of king Siaspiqa. Nasakhma was succeeded by Malewiebamani, who may have been his eldest son. It is possible that Talakhamani was a younger son of Nasakhma who took the t ...
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Siaspiqa Siaspiqa (also Si'aspiqo) was a ruler of the Kushite kingdom of Meroë reigning for close to twenty years in the first half of the 5th century BC. Very little is known of Siaspiqa's activities beyond the construction of his pyramid at Nuri, now k ...
. Amanineteyerike and Baskakeren are thought to be sons of Malewiebamani.Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149 Malewiebamani succeeded Nasakhma and in turn was succeeded by Talakhamani, who could be either a son or a younger brother of Malewiebamani.Samia Dafa'alla, Succession in the Kingdom of Napata, 900-300 B.C., The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1993), pp. 167-174 A Royal wife named Akhrasan from the time of Malewiebamani was buried at
Nuri Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. Nuri is the second of three Napatan burial sites and the construction of ...
. Her relation to the king is not known. Malewiebamani's name is known from a ''
Shawabti The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The Egyptological term is derived from , which replaced earlier , perhaps the nisba of "' ...
'' and from intrusive items from pyramid Nuri 16 bearing his name. On the dedication stela of
Aspelta Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c. 600 – c. 580 BCE). More is known about him and his reign than most of the rulers of Kush. He left several stelae carved with accounts of his reign. Family Aspelta was the son of Senkamanisken a ...
, a private name occurs which is very similar to Malewiebamani's name. His nomen appears at Kawa.


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5th-century BC monarchs of Kush Year of birth unknown 430s BC deaths {{AncientEgypt-stub