Nubia
Nubia (, Nobiin language, Nobiin: , ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue Nile, Blue and White Nile, White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the Cataracts of the Nile, first cataract ...
n queen, so far only known from her burial in the royal cemetery of
Nuri
Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile River, Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, Sudan, Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal.
History
Nuri is the second of three Napatan bur ...
. She was perhaps the wife of king
Aramatle-qo
Aramatle-qo or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king.
Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen:
Family
Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had se ...
. Her only known title is ''king's wife''. Her burial consisted of a pyramid and the underground burial rooms. There was a staircase going underground and leading to the two burial chambers. The burial was found robbed, but fragments of at least 158
shabti
The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The Egyptological term is derived from , which replaced earlier , perhaps the nisba of "' ...
s were found. They bear the name and the title of the queen. Her
heart scarab
The heart scarab is an oval Scarab (artifact), scarab artifact dating from ancient Egypt. Mostly an amulet, it also was used as jewelry, a memorializing artifact, or a grave good. The heart scarab was used by referring to Chapter 30 from the B ...
was found in Nuri burial Nu. 47. The owner of this burial is not known.Dunhamː ''The Royal cemeteries of Kush'', vol. II, pp. 173-174