Kashta

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Kashta

Horus name: ?
Nebty name: ?
Golden Falcon name: ?
Prenomen: Nimaatre (or Maare?)
Nomen: Kashta
(760-747 BC?)

Kashta succeeded Alara, who may have been his brother. Kashta was the first ruler of Kush who tried to conquer Egypt. Kashta uses his influence to have his daughter Amenirdis I adopted by Shepenwepet I, daughter of the Lybian king Osorkon III who served as God’s Wife of Amun. Kashta’s power didn’t stretch out to the Delta and large parts of Lower Egypt. In the north small princedoms stayed independent from Kushite rule. The Rulers in the north include Tefnakht, Osorkon IV, Iuput II, and Sheshonq V
http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/rulers/kashta.htm

Kashta at Gebel Barkal - Lepsius Denkmahler V

Wife:

Pebatjma, King’s Wife and King’s sister. Mother of God’s Wife of Amun Amenirdis I and (adoptive?) mother of Queen Peksater. Mentioned on Cairo Statue 42198. http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/pebatma.htm

Sons:

Piye
Shabaka

Daughters:

Abar. Sister-Wife of Piye and mother of Taharqa. Known from Kawa, Stela V and Barkal Temple 300
Amenirdis I. God’s Wife of Amun. Buried in Medinet Habu. King’s daughter (sat-nesw), God’s Adoratrix (dwat-netjer), God’s Hand (djeret-netjer), God’s Wife of Amun (hemet netjer-en-amun).
Daughter of Kashta and Queen Pebatjma http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/amenirdis%20I.htm

      The Adoratrice, Amenirdis, King's Daughter [of] Kashta;
              From a statue in the British Museum (EA 32555)
              From Jean Rijlant's website about Kashta (see above)

Khensa? Sister wife of Piye. Owner of pyramid 4 at el Kurru. Known from Granite offering-stone from stair in Boston, alabaster offering-stone, various alabaster vases, all with double cartouches and varying titles, steatite ball in Boston, silver basin in Boston (Dunham and Macadam) http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/khe%F1sa.htm
Peksater, King’s Daughter and Great Royal Wife. Sister-wife of Piye. Mentioned in Gebel Barkal, and on monuments of courtiers, Buried in Abydos. http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/peksater.htm
Neferukakashta Perhaps a daughter of Kashta (based on her name) Buried in el-Kurru: pyramid 52. Wife of Piye. (Dunham and Macadam) http://users.pandora.be/royalnames/nubians/royals/neferkashta.htm

Last edited: January 2007

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