Shanakdakhete

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The pyramid of Shanakdakhete at Meroe(N11)
The pyramid of Shanakdakhete at Meroe(N11)

Shanakdakhete was a ruling queen of Kush, when the Kingdom was centered at Meroe. She is the earliest known ruling queen of Nubia, and reigned from about 177 to 155 BC (these dates are very uncertain and disputed [1]).

The only inscription giving her name comes from a temple in Naga. The name appears in Meroitic script, the earliest known example of meroitic writing. Her pyramid was identified at Meroe, but does not preserve her name.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Meroitic Palaeography as a Tool for Chronology: Prospects and Limits", Arkamani. Sudan Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology, September 2004

[edit] Further reading

  • Laszlo Török, in: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. II, Bergen 1996, 660-662
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