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{{Short description, Nubian queen Piankhher (Pi-ankh-her) was a
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 with the Egyptian title ''king's wife''. Her royal husband is not known for sure, but may have been
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 ...
based on chronology. Piankhher is known solely from her burial at
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 ...
(Nu 57) . Her burial consisted of a pyramid, that was completely gone when excavated. There is a staircase going down to the two burial chambers that were found to have been looted. Some golden and silver amulets were found. About 200 shabtis, many only in fragments, were discovered too. They provided her name and title.Dows Dunhamː ''The Royal cemeteries of Kush, vol. II, Nuri'', Boston 1955, pp. 138-13
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6th-century BC Nubian women Queens of Kush