Abar (Queen)
| Abar (Queen) | |
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Alara of Nubia |
Abar was a
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Abar, a
Abar was the mother of King
Alara of Nubia (the daughter of his sister).[1] She was separated from her son, Taharqa, for a long period of time and when they were reunited there was much rejoicing as he had become Pharaoh in her absence. This may have been a deliberate reference to the separation of the Egyptian god Isis and her son Horus, who reunited under similar circumstances. An alternative theory is that the separation of mother and son was a tradition in the Kushite culture.[3]
She held several titles: King's Mother (mwt niswt), King's Sister (snt niswt), Mistress of the foreign lands (nbt kh3swt), Lady of Upper and Lower Egypt (hnwt Sma'w mhw), Great Lady of the Two Lands (wrt nbt t3wy), Noble Lady (iryt p't), Great of Praises (wrt hzwt), and Sweet of Love (bnrt mrwt).[2] Records of Abar represent the earliest recording of the power of Queens in the Kingdom of Kush.[3] Reisner proposed that Abar may be buried in Nuri in tomb 35.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c Dodson & Hilton 2004, pp. 234–240.
- ^ a b Grajetzki 2005, p. 88.
- ^ a b c Akyeampong & Gates 2012, pp. 4–5.
- ^ Dunham & Macadam 1949, pp. 139–149.
References
- Dodson, Aidan; Hilton, Dyan (2004). The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05128-3.
- Dunham, Dows; Macadam, M. F. Laming (1949). "Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata". The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 35: 139–149. S2CID 192423817.
- Grajetzki, Wolfram (2005). Ancient Egyptian Queens: a Hieroglyphic Dictionary. London: Golden House Publications. ISBN 978-0-954721-893.
- Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Vol. 6. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-195382-075.