Tantamani | |||||
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Kushite King of Napata | |||||
![]() Statue of Kushite ruler and last pharaoh of the 25th Dynasty, Tantamani (Louvre Museum, reconstruction through color-pigment analysis) | |||||
Predecessor | Taharqa | ||||
Successor | Atlanersa | ||||
Burial | El-Kurru (K. 16) | ||||
Spouse | Piankharty, [..]salka, possibly Malaqaye, | ||||
Issue | Possibly Atlanersa, Queen Yeturow, Queen Khaliset | ||||
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Father | Shabaka (or Shebitku?) | ||||
Mother | Queen Qalhata |
Tantamani (Ancient Egyptian: tnwt-jmn, Neo-Assyrian: tanṭammanē, Ancient Greek: Τεμένθης Teménthēs),[1] also known as Tanutamun or Tanwetamani (d. 653 BC) was ruler of the Kingdom of Kush located in Northern Sudan, and the last pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. His prenomen or royal name was Bakare, which means "Glorious is the Soul of Re."[2]