Natakamani

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Natakamani was a King of Kush who reigned from around or earlier than 1 BC to circa AD 20.Garlake Peter. (2002) Early Art and Architecture of Africa "Oxford University Press". p. 60. ISBN 0-19-284261-7.Oliver, Roland and Brian M. Fagan Africa in the Iron Age "Cambridge University Press". p. 40. ISBN 0-521-09900-5. Natakamani is the best attested ruler of the Meroitic period. He is born to queen Amanishakheto and Amanitere. Mokhtar, G. (2001) Ancient Civilizations of Africa "University of California Press". p. 168. ISBN 0-85255-092-8.

Natakamani is known from several temple buildings and from his pyramid in Meroe such as restoring the temple Amun, as well as his dedication of the temple at Faras. On several monuments he appears together with co-regent queen Amanitore. The relationship between the two is not clear: she might have been his wife, or his mother who served as his regent while he was still young. However, it is known that during the co-reign, the had almost equal rights as depicted in several temple sculptures.Meade Teresa A. and Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks. (2004) A Companion to Gender History "Blackwell Publishing". pp. 259-60. ISBN 0-631-22393-2. At the temple of Apademek there is a relief showing him with his successor Arikhankharer.Torok, Laszlo (2002) The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art "Brill Academic Publishers". p. 226. ISBN 90-04-12306-7.

Natakamani was preceded by Amanishakheto and succeeded by queen Amanitore.

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