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Piankhher (Pi-ankh-her) 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 wife''. Her royal husband is not known for sure, but for chronological reason it seems to be
Aramatle-qo Aramatle-qo or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king. Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen: ''Prenomen:'' Wadjkare ("Re is one whose ka endures") ''Nomen:'' Aramatle-qo Family Aramatle-qo ...
. Piankhher is known solely from her 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 57) . Her burial consisted of a pyramid, that was totally gone when excavated. There is a staircase going down to the two burial chambers that were found looted. Some golden and silver amulets were found. About 200 shabtis, many only in fragments, were discovered too. They provide her name and title.Dows Dunhamː ''The Royal cemeteries of Kush, vol. II, Nuri'', Boston 1955, pp. 138-13
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6th-century BC women Queens of Kush