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Amanislo

King of Nubians

Field	Value
Name	Amanislo
image	Amanislo relief.jpg
caption	Amanislo as depicted in his tomb (Beg. S 5)
burial	Meroe, Beg. S 5
reign	Middle 3rd century BCE
role	Kushite king of Meroë
NomenHiero	i-mn:n-i-s:r-wA
nomen	Amanislo(-meryamun)
Amanislo(, beloved of Amun)
PrenomenHiero	N5-anx-nfr-ib
prenomen	Ankhneferibre
Neferibre lives
predecessor	Arakamani
successor	Amantekha

Amanislo(, beloved of Amun) Neferibre lives

Amanislo was a king of Kush dating to the middle of the third century BCE.

Monuments and inscriptions

Amanislo is mainly known from his pyramid at Meroë. He is buried in Meroe, Beg. S 5. From the position of his pyramid it has been argued that he was the successor of king Arakamani and the predecessor of Amantekha.

He is also known from an inscription on granite lion figures, the Prudhoe Lions, originally belonging to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III and now at the British Museum. There is also a column drum, found at Semna perhaps providing his name, although the reading is uncertain.

In modern culture

Amanislo appears as Amonasro, King of Ethiopia in Verdi's Aida, following the scenario written by Auguste Mariette.

References

Literature

Laszlo Török, in: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. II, Bergen 1996, p. 568-569,

References

László Török, The kingdom of Kush: handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization, 1997
Derek A. Welsby, The Kingdom of Kush (Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1998)

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