Shorkaror
| Shorkaror | |
|---|---|
| King of Kush | |
| Reign | Second half of the 1st century AD |
| Predecessor | Amanitore and Natakamani |
| Successor | Amanikhareqerem (?) |
Shorkaror was a king of Kush who ruled from Meroë in the second half of the 1st century AD.[1] Shorkaror is attested as king in two inscriptions in Amara and in a large rock carving at Gebel Qeili.[2] His identification as a king has sometimes been doubted, though the rock carving depicts him with royal regalia and attire.[1] The carving is near to the trade route to Kassala and is the easternmost inscription of the Meroitic kings found so far.[3]
Shorkaror is attested as a crown prince in the co-reign of Amanitore and Natakamani, meaning that he was likely their successor.[2] He was preceded as crown prince by Arikhankharer and Arikakahtani, possibly his brothers.[2] In older scholarship, Amanitore was believed to have been Natakamani's wife, with Shorkaror as their son.[2] Amanitore is now known to have been Natakamani's mother, which leaves Shorkaror's specific relation to his predecessors unclear.[1]
George Andrew Reisner believed that Shorkaror was buried in pyramid Beg. N 10 in Meroë.[4] This is now considered unlikely given that Beg. N 10 is dated to the 2nd century BCE.[5] Shorkaror's burial site is instead conventionally regarded as unidentified.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Kuckertz, Josefine (2021). "Meroe and Egypt". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: 5, 17.
- ^ a b c d Eide, Tormod; Hägg, Tomas; Holton Pierce, Richard; Török, László (1998). Fontes Historiae Nubiorum: Textual Sources for the History of the Middle Nile Region Between the Eighth Century BC and the Sixth Century AD: Vol. III: From the First to the Sixth Century AD. University of Bergen. pp. 908, 910. ISBN 82-91626-07-3.
- ^ Derek A. Welsby, The Kingdom of Kush: The Napatan and Meroitic Empires, Princeton: Markus Wiener Publishers, 1998.
- ^ G. A. Reisner, The Meroitic Kingdom of Ethiopia: A Chronological Outline, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 9, No. 1/2 (Apr., 1923), pp. 34-77
- ^ Török, László (2015). The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization. BRILL. p. 204. ISBN 978-90-04-29401-1.
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