Tanwetamani

Tanwetamani: name of a Nubian king (664- after 656).

Relatives

Father: Shabaqo
Mother: Qalhati
Wife: Piankharty

Life

664: Succeeds Taharqo
Makes a final attempt to recover Egypt, and reaches Memphis (as recorded in the Dream Stela)
Retreats to Nubia

Buildings

Tomb at El-Kurru

Literature

T.G.H. James, "Egypt. The Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Dynasties" in: Cambridge Ancient History (second edition, 1991), vol.III, part two, pp.677-747
Robert G. Morkot, The Black Pharaohs. Egypt's Nubian Rulers (2000 London), especially chapter 22

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