Siaspiqa

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Siaspiqa
Kushite King of Meroe
Full name	Siaspiqa
Buried	Nuri (Nuri 4)
Predecessor	Amaniastabarqa
Successor	Nasakhma
Consort	possibly Queen Piankhqew-qa

Siaspiqa
in hieroglyphs

Siaspiqa (Si'aspiqo) was a Kushite King of Meroe in 487–468 BC.^[1]

Prenomen: Segeregtawyre ("Re is the pacifier of the Two Lands")
Nomen: Siaspiqa

Siaspiqa was the successor of Amaniastabarqa and was in turn succeeded by Nasakhma.^[2]

Siaspiqa is known from a granite stela and a libation jar which is now in the Meroe Museum in Khartoum. A shawabti and a heart scarab belonging to Siaspiqa have been discovered as well.

An offering table discovered in Nuri lists his name and title; it is now in the Meroe Museum in Khartoum.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149
↑ Samia Dafa'alla, Succession in the Kingdom of Napata, 900-300 B.C., The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1993), pp. 167- 174

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