Nastasen

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Nastasen
Meroe
Nastasen (left) making an offering to a God
Burial
Nuri 15
SpouseSekhmakh
Names
Nastasen Ankhkhare
FatherHarsiotef ?
MotherPelkha
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Nastasen - Ankhkare
in hieroglyphs
Late Period

(664–332 BC)
Portrait of Nastasen, with Kushite crown

Nastasen was a

stela from Dongola, his mother was named Queen Pelkha and his father may have been King Harsiotef.[1] His successor was Aryamani
.

Biography

Nastasen is known from three types of objects. There is a stela with a long historical inscription, a silver handle of a mirror,

shabti-figures. The mirror handle and the shabti were found in a pyramid at Nuri (Nu. 15), which was obviously his burial place. He was the last Kushite king to be buried in the royal cemetery at Napata
.

The 1.63-metre-high (5.3 ft) granite stela was found at New Dongola and is now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin (Inv. no. 2268).[3] Originally, it was most likely placed in the Amun temple of Jebel Barkal. In the upper part appear the pictures and name of his mother, Pelkha, and his wife, Sekhmakh, next to the king.

During his reign, Nastasen defeated an invasion of Kush from

Khabbash. Khabbash was a local ruler of Upper Egypt who had campaigned against the Persians around 338 BC. His invasion of Kush was a failure, and Nastasen claimed to have taken many fine boats and other war prizes during his victory.[4]

King Nastasen accompanied by his mother Queen Pelkha (left) and his wife Queen Sakhmakh (right)

Tomb excavation

Nastasen's pyramid, Nuri, Sudan

The tomb of Nastasen is among several in Nuri that are slated for excavation by archaeologist

grave robbers.[citation needed] Artifacts not adversely affected by the water could be found, which could add to what is known about Nastasen, along with evidence already found of artifacts mostly damaged or lost due to the action of the water.[citation needed] [6]

Explorer Josh Gates participated in a dive with Professor Creasman, which was featured in a May 2023 episode of Expedition Unknown (season 11, episodes 1 & 2 scheduled to air May 24th & 31st). Among the finds uncovered on the dives were gold leaf, and a bone fragment in a gold toe cap, assumed to be from Nastasen.[7]

Sources

  • Fage, J.D. & Roland Oliver (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa Volume 2: From C.500 BC to AD1050. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 858 Pages.
    ISBN 0-521-21592-7
    .
  • Laszlo Török, in: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. II, Bergen 1996, 467-501,
    ISBN 82-91626-01-4

References

  1. S2CID 192423817
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  2. ^ Khartoum 1374
  3. ^ "Stela of Kush King Nastasen". homestead.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2008 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Fage, page 225
  5. ^ Romey, Kristin, Dive beneath the pyramids of Egypt’s black pharaohs, National Geographic, July 2, 2019
  6. ^ https://www.abandonedspaces.com/public/tomb-diving-discovery.html/amp
  7. ^ @joshuagates (May 25, 2023). "It's time to dive into the tomb of Nastasen" (Tweet). Retrieved May 27, 2023 – via Twitter.


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