Kashta

Kashta
Kashta
Kushite King of Napata
	Bronze situla with the names of Kashta and Amenirdis I. Walters Art Museum.
Reign	c. 760–747 BC
Predecessor	Alara
Successor	Piye
Burial	el-Kurru
Spouse	Pebatjma
Issue	Piye, Shabaka (sons); Khensa, Peksater, Amenirdis I, Neferukakashta (daughters)
prenomen	; M3ˁ-Rˁ - Maa-Ra - Ra is just
nomen	; k3š-t3 - Kashta
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Kashta was an 8th century BCE king of the Kushite Dynasty in ancient Nubia and the successor of Alara. His nomen k3š-t3 (transcribed as Kashta, possibly pronounced /kuʔʃi-taʔ/^[2]) "of the land of Kush" is often translated directly as "The Kushite".^[3] He was succeeded by Piye, who would go on to conquer ancient Egypt and establish the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty there.

^ Schellinger, Sarah M. (2022). Nubia:Lost Civilizations. London: Reaktion Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-78914-659-2.
^ Allen, James P. (2013-07-11). The Ancient Egyptian Language: An Historical Study. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107032460. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
^ Nicholas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford: Blackwell Books), 1992. p.334

[1] Schellinger, Sarah M. (2022). Nubia:Lost Civilizations. London: Reaktion Books. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-78914-659-2.

[2] Allen, James P. (2013-07-11). The Ancient Egyptian Language: An Historical Study. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107032460. Retrieved 2015-04-15.

[3] Nicholas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford: Blackwell Books), 1992. p.334

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