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.jpg) Colossal granite statue of Atlanersa from his Osiris-Dedwen temple at Jebel Barkal, now in the National Museum of Sudan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Reign | c. 653–643 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Tantamani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Senkamanisken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consort | Khaliset, Malotaral, Yeturow Uncertain: Peltasen, Taba[..], K[...], Amenirdis II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Nasalsa ♀ Uncertain: Senkamanisken ♂ Conjectural: Amanimalel ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Taharqa or less likely Tantamani | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Queen [..]salka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 671 BC[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | c. 643 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Burial | Nuri (probably Nu. 20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monuments | Pyramid Nuri 20 Jebel Barkal Temple B700 Uncertain: mortuary chapel Nuri 500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atlanersa (also Atlanarsa) was a Kushite ruler of the Napatan kingdom of Nubia, reigning for about a decade in the mid-7th century BC. He was the successor of Tantamani, the last ruler of the 25th Dynasty of Egypt, and possibly a son of Taharqa[4] or less likely of Tantamani, while his mother was a queen whose name is only partially preserved. Atlanersa's reign immediately followed the collapse of Nubian control over Egypt, which witnessed the Assyrian conquest of Egypt and then the beginning of the Late Period under Psamtik I. The same period also saw the progressive cultural integration of Egyptian beliefs by the Kushite civilization.
Atlanersa may have fathered his successor Senkamanisken[5] with his consort Malotaral, although Senkamanisken could also be his brother. He built a pyramid in the necropolis of Nuri, now conjecturally believed to be Nuri 20 and may also have started a funerary chapel in the same necropolis, now called Nuri 500. Atlanersa was the second Nubian king to build a pyramid in Nuri after Taharqa. Excavations of his pyramid produced many small artefacts which are now on display in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, US. Atlanersa's most-prominent construction is his temple to the syncretic god Osiris-Dedwen in Jebel Barkal called B700, which he finished and had time to only partially decorate. This suggests that he died unexpectedly. The temple entrance was to be flanked with two colossal statues of the king, one of which was completed and set in place and is now in the National Museum of Sudan.
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- ^ a b c Török 2002, p. 167.
- ^ a b c d von Beckerath 1997, p. 269.
- ^ Török 1997, p. 184.
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