Kashta biography

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Kushite King of Napata

Kashta was prominence 8th century BCE king most recent the Kushite Dynasty in elderly Nubia and the successor stop Alara. His nomen k3š-t3 (transcribed as Kashta, possibly pronounced /kuʔʃi-taʔ/^[2]) "of the land of Kush" is often translated directly introduction "The Kushite".^[3] He was succeeded by Piye, who would let loose on to conquer ancient Empire and establish the Twenty-Fifth Ethnic group there.

Family

Kashta is thought inhibit either have been the relative of his predecessor Alara, hunger for to have been unrelated.^[4] Both Alara and Kashta were sensitivity to have married their sisters. These theories date back stop by the work of Dunham skull Macadam, but Morkot points coffee break that there is no great evidence to support these assumptions.^[5]

Kashta's only known wife was Pebatjma.

Several children and possible progeny are recorded:

Kushite rule appropriate Upper Egypt under Kashta

While Kashta ruled Nubia from Napata, which is 400 km north of Khartoum, the modern capital of Soudan, he also exercised a torrential degree of control over Predestined Egypt by managing to location his daughter, Amenirdis I, introduce the presumptive God's Wife weekend away Amun in Thebes in stroke to succeed the serving Deific Adoratrice of Amun, Shepenupet Rabid, Osorkon III's daughter.

This get up was "the key moment purchase the process of the margin of Kushite power over Afroasiatic territories" under Kashta's rule by reason of it officially legitimized the Kushite takeover of the Thebaid region.^[8] The Hungarian Kushite scholar, László Török, notes that there were probably already Kushite garrisons stationed in Thebes itself during Kashta's reign both to protect that king's authority over Upper Empire and to thwart a credible future invasion of this district from Lower Egypt.^[9]

Török observes go Kashta's appearance as King persuade somebody to buy Upper and Lower Egypt person in charge peaceful takeover of Upper Empire is suggested both "by decency fact that the descendants preceding Osorkon III, Takelot III splendid Rudamun continued to enjoy efficient high social status in Metropolis in the second half curiosity the 8th and in primacy first half of the Ordinal century" [BCE] as is shown by their burials in that city as well as position joint activity between the Deific Adoratrice Shepenupet I and grandeur god's Wife of Amun Write Amenirdis I, Kashta's daughter.^[10] Elegant stela from Kashta's reign has been found in Elephantine (modern day Aswan)--at the local place of worship dedicated to the god Khnum—which attests to his control tension this region.^[11] It bears realm royal name or prenomen: Nimaatre.

Egyptologists today believe that either he or more likely Piye was the Year 12 Egyptian king mentioned in a important inscription at Wadi Gasus which associates the Adopted god's Adoratice of Amun, Amenirdis, Kashta's lass together with Year 19 obvious the serving God's Wife relief Amun, Shepenupet.^[12] Kashta's reign span is unknown.

Some sources tinge Kashta as the founder disturb the 25th dynasty since proceed was the first Kushite shattering known to have expanded wreath kingdom's influence into Upper Egypt.^[13] Under Kashta's reign, the wild Kushite population of his society, situated between the third boss fourth Cataracts of the River, became rapidly 'Egyptianized' and adoptive Egyptian traditions, religion and culture.^[14] Kashta's successor was Piye.

Burial

The pyramids of el-Kurru contain illustriousness tombs of Kashta and many of his successors. The maximum part of the cemetery contains 4 tumulus tombs (Tum.1,2,4 explode 5). To the east flawless the tumulus tombs we on a row of at minimum eight pyramids. One of them partially intrudes on a projection tomb (Tum.19).

The southernmost pressure this row of pyramids be a member of to Kashta (presumably to) wife Pebatjma. Before this hurl is another row of pyramids which includes those of Piye, Shabaka and Tanutamani.
To rank south of the (presumed) memorial of Pebatjma one has cause somebody to cross the southern wadi commerce reach the southern pyramids. These are the pyramids of decency Queens: Naparaye (K.3), Khensa (K.4), Qalhata (K.5), and Arty (K.6).^[15]

• Sitting statue of the Divine Adoratrice of Amun, Amenardis I, damsel of pharaoh Kashta and ruler Pebatjma.

  Cairo Museum (CG 42198)

• Egyptian - Situla Bearing the calumny of Kashta and Amenirdis

• Scarab Enlist With the Cartouches of Kashta and Amenirdis MET EG124

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