Kashta | |||||||||||
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Kushite King of Napata | |||||||||||
![]() Bronze situla with the names of Kashta and Amenirdis I. Walters Art Museum. | |||||||||||
Reign | c. 760–747 BC[1] | ||||||||||
Predecessor | Alara | ||||||||||
Successor | Piye | ||||||||||
Burial | |||||||||||
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.