Mastanabal
| Mastanabal | |
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 Bronze head in the British Museum, attributed to Mastanabal by Duane W. Roller. | |
| King of Numidia | |
| Reign | 148 BC – 140 BC |
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| Father | Masinissa |
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Mastanabal (Numidian: MSTNB; Punic: 𐤌𐤎𐤕𐤍𐤏𐤁𐤀, MSTNʿBʾ) was one of three legitimate sons of Masinissa, the King of Numidia, a Berber kingdom in, present day Algeria, North Africa. The three brothers were appointed by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus to rule Numidia after Masinissa's death.
His name in Numidian was written as "MSTNB" which Salem Chaker gave its possible reconstruction as "Amastan (a)B(a)", which could mean "defender/protector (a)b(a)".
References
- ^ Huss, Werner (1985). Geschichte der Karthager (in German). C.H.Beck. p. 570. ISBN 978-3-406-30654-9.
- ^ Pottier, Edmond; Dussaud, René; Migeon, Gaston (1967). Syria: revue d'art oriental et d'archéologie (in French). P. Geuthner.
- ^ Roller, Duane W. (2004). The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene: Royal Scholarship on Rome's African Frontier. Routledge. p. 36. ISBN 9781134402953.
- ^ Chaker, Salem (2013-06-01). "Onomastique libyco-berbère (Anthroponymie)". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (35): 5760–5779. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.2816. ISSN 1015-7344.
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