Kashta
| Name of Kashta | |||||||||||||
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| Throne name |
M3ˁ-Rˁ Re is just |
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| Proper name |
K3 št3 |
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Kashta is the first Pharaoh of the Cushite 25th Dynasty to be attested in Egypt . His reign is around? –746 BC. It has been suggested that he was the brother and successor of Alara , the actual founder of the 25th Dynasty. But he has not yet ruled in Egypt itself. His sister wife is Pabatma; Daughters of the two are Peksater and the wife of God Amenirdis I , while Pije and another daughter Abar come from another mother.
After subjugating Lower Nubia , Kashta can advance north to Aswan , where he donates a stele in the Elephantine Temple. He takes the title "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, son of Re, Lord of the two countries" and the throne name "(To the King) Proclamated, a Re" (Maa-Re).
Kenneth A. Kitchen assigns him an estimated reign of 12 to 13 years. The close connections to the Egyptian religion and to Thebes are testified by a collar (aegis) of the goddess Mut ; perhaps there is also a scarab of the king.
Kashta was probably buried in Al-Kurru , but no specific tomb can be assigned to him with certainty.
literature
General
- Thomas Schneider : Lexicon of the Pharaohs. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3 , p. 144.
About the name
- Jürgen von Beckerath : Handbook of the Egyptian king names . 2nd edition, Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1999, ISBN 3-8053-2591-6 , pp. 206-207.
Questions of detail
- Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronology of the pharaonic Egypt . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7 , p. 97.
- Aidan Dodson , Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt . The American University in Cairo Press, London 2004, ISBN 977-424-878-3 , pp. 234-240.
- Karl Jansen-Winkeln : The Chronology of the Third Intermediate Period: Dyns 22-24. In: Erik Hornung, Rolf Krauss, David A. Warburton (eds.): Ancient Egyptian Chronology (= Handbook of Oriental studies. Section One. The Near and Middle East. Volume 83). Brill, Leiden / Boston 2006, ISBN 978-90-04-11385-5 , pp. 234-264 ( online ).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Beacon renef |
Pharaoh of Egypt 25th Dynasty |
Pije |
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Alara |
King of Nubia 750 - 746 BC Chr. |
Pije |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kashta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maa-Re |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first pharaoh of the 25th Cushite dynasty |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 8th century BC Chr. |