Akhraten
Akhraten (also transliterated Akhratan) was a King of Kush (ca. 350 BCE – 335 BCE).
| Akhraten | |
|---|---|
 Nuri pyramid Nu XIV of King Akhraten | |
| King of Kush | |
| Reign | (c. 350–335 BCE), Meroitic period |
| Previous pharaoh | Harsiotef |
| Next pharaoh | Nastasen or Amanibakhi |
| Father | Harsiotef? |
| Born | c. 4th century BCE |
| Died | c. 335 BCE |
| Burial | Pyramid N14 at Nuri |
Akhraten took on at least some titles based on those used by the Egyptian pharaohs.[1]
Akhratan may have been a son of Harsiotef and a brother of Nastasen.[2]
Akhratan is known from a cartouche in a chapel and from a black granite statue found in Barkal Temple 500, now located in Boston (23.735).[2] The statue is headless and is missing its feet.
Akhraten may have been succeeded as King of Kush by Nastasen, but some scholars suggest that a king named Amanibakhi may have ruled between Akraten and Nastasen.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Török, László (1997). The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-10448-8.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dunham, Dows; Macadam, M. F. Laming (1949). "Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 35: 139–149. doi:10.1177/030751334903500124. S2CID 192423817.
