Kashta
Sign in to saveKashta 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/) "of the land of Kush" is often translated directly as "The Kushite". He was succeeded by Piye, who would go on to conquer ancient Egypt and establish the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty there.
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- Born
- 0800-01-01
- Died
- 0745-01-01
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Hidden Books of the Holy Bible, Book One
- Jews, Christians and Muslims Can Be Friends, Book One
- Kashta Meditation, Book One
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Key facts
- Pharaoh.name
- Kashta
- Pharaoh.role
- Kushite King of Napata
- Pharaoh.image
- Egyptian - Situla Bearing the names of Kashta and Amenirdis - Walters 543077.jpg
- Pharaoh.caption
- Bronze situla with the names of Kashta and Amenirdis I. Walters Art Museum.
- Pharaoh.prenomen
- M3ˁ-Rˁ - Maa-Ra - Ra is justified
- Pharaoh.prenomen_hiero
- ra-mA-mAa
- Pharaoh.nomen
- k3š-t3 - Kashta
- Pharaoh.nomen_hiero
- kA-S:tA
- Pharaoh.predecessor
- Alara
- Pharaoh.successor
- Piye
- Pharaoh.reign
- 760–747 BC
- Pharaoh.burial
- el-Kurru
- Pharaoh.spouse
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 800 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 745 BCE
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Family
- Kushite rule of Upper Egypt under Kashta
- Burial
- References
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/) "of the land of Kush" is often translated directly as "The Kushite". He was succeeded by Piye, who would go on to conquer ancient Egypt and establish the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty there.
==Family== Kashta is thought to either have been the brother of his predecessor Alara, or to have been unrelated. Both Alara and Kashta were thought to have married their sisters. These theories date back to the work of Dunham and Macadam, but Morkot points out that there is no clear evidence to support these assumptions.