| Akhraten | |||||
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| King of Kush | |||||
 Nuri pyramid Nu XIV of King Akhraten | |||||
| Reign | (ca. 350–335 BCE) | ||||
| Predecessor | Harsiotef | ||||
| Successor | Nastasen or Amanibakhi | ||||
| Born | BCE | ||||
| Died | ca. 335 BCE | ||||
| Burial | Pyramid N14 at Nuri | ||||
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| Dynasty | Meroitic period | ||||
| Father | Harsiotef? | ||||
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| Akhraten in hieroglyphs | |||||||||||||
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| Era: New Kingdom (1550–1069 BC) | |||||||||||||
Akhraten (also transliterated Akhratan) was a King of Kush (ca. 350 BCE – 335 BCE).
Akhraten took on at least some titles based on those used by the Egyptian pharaohs.[1]
Horus name: Kanakht Tjema Neditef ("Mighty Bull whose arm is powerful, Protector of his Father")
Prenomen: Neferibre ("Re is one whose heart is beautiful")
Nomen: Akhraten
Akhratan may have been a son of Harsiotef and a brother of Nastasen.[2]
Akhratan is known from a cartouche in a chapel and from a black granite statue found in Barkal Temple 500, now located in Boston (23.735).[2] The statue is headless and is missing its feet.
Akhraten may have been succeeded as King of Kush by Nastasen, but some scholars suggest that a king named Amanibakhi may have ruled between Akraten and Nastasen.[1]
