Shanakdakheto

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Shanakdakheto († between 170 BC and 125 BC) was a Nubian queen of the Kushite Empire in the north of what is now Sudan , who lived around 170 to 150 BC. Ruled.

supporting documents

Her name is affixed to two door posts of the Temple 500 in Naqa, presumably built by her . The pyramid Beg N11 can be assigned to her under the pyramids of Meroe , since a prince appears there, who is also called the queen in Naqa in the context of the queen. Shanakdakheto can be dated to the end of the 2nd century BC due to the position of its pyramid . To be dated. She is the first Nubian queen to have monuments preserved.

Her name on the doorpost in Naqa is written in Meroitic script , while the rest of the inscription is still in Egyptian hieroglyphics . This is the oldest reliable evidence of the Meroitic script.

A statue from Meroe (now in Cairo ) shows her coronation. The assignment of the statue is not entirely certain.

The National Geographic Society placed Shanakdakheto among the top 50 political leaders of all time.

  • Pyramids of Meroe with emphasis on pyramid N11

  • Pyramid N11 on the left

  • Statue of a Nubian queen; probably representing Shanakdakheto at the coronation

See also

literature

  • László Török , in: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum. Volume 2, University of Bergen, Bergen 1996, ISBN 82-91626-01-4 , pp. 660-662.
  • Claudia Näser : The decoration program of the cult chamber west wall of the pyramid No. 11 from Begrawiya North (Meroe). In: The ancient Sudan. Announcements of the Sudan Archaeological Society in Berlin eV (MittSAG) No. 5, September 1996, pp. 28–45 ( full text as PDF file ).

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SURNAME Shanakdakheto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION nubian queen
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH between 170 BC BC and 125 BC Chr.