Amanirenas | |||||
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Queen regnant of Kush | |||||
Reign | End of the 1st century BCE–beginning of the 1st century CE | ||||
Predecessor | Teriteqas | ||||
Successor | Amanishakheto | ||||
Burial | Jebel Barkal (Bar. 4?) | ||||
Spouse | Teriteqas | ||||
Issue | Akinidad | ||||
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Amanirenas (also spelled Amanirena), was queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush from the end of the 1st century BCE to beginning of the 1st century CE.[1] She is known for invading Roman occupied Egypt and successfully negotiating the end of Roman retaliation,[2] retaining Kushite independence.
Her full title was Amnirense qore li kdwe li ("Ameniras, qore and kandake"). Meroitic, the indigenous language of the kingdom of Kush, remains undeciphered; however, inscriptions giving Queen Amanirenas the title of "qore" as well as "kandake" suggest that she was an individually ruling queen.[3]