Tarekeniwal was a
Kushite King of
Meroë of whom little is known. He likely reigned in the second half of the 2nd century AD.
Tarekeniwal is only known from his pyramid in Meroe (Beg. N 19).
[Derek A. Welsby, The Kingdom of Kush (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1998),] His name appears on the
pylon of the cult chapel in front of the
pyramid
A pyramid (from el, πυραμίς ') is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilat ...
, which was in modern times restored. The chapel and its decoration is still well preserved.
Imagery in Tarekeniwal's tomb places unusually strong emphasis on him as a triumphant warrior.
The offering table of the later king
Aritenyesbokhe identifies Aritenyesbokhe ruler as a son of Tarekeniwal, presumably the same person as the king. The table also identifies
Amanikhalika
Amanikhalika is the name often attributed to a Kingdom of Kush, Kushite queen regnant buried in pyramid Beg N. 32 in Meroë. If the attribution is correct, Amanikhalika would have reigned in the second half of the 2nd century CE based on her known ...
as Aritenyesbokhe's mother and thus as Tarekeniwal's queen.
References
Literature
*Inge Hofmann, ''Beiträge zur meroitischen Chronologie'', St. Augustin bei Bonn 1978, p. 140,
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László Török
László Török (13 May 1941 – 17 September 2020) was a Hungarian historian, archaeologist, and Egyptologist. His works on the ancient Coptic language, Ancient Egypt, ancient Nubia, and the Kingdom of Kush were highly regarded. He was a membe ...
, in: ''Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. III'', Bergen 1998, p. 935–936,
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2nd-century monarchs of Kush