Peksater (Pekerslo[1]) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.[2]
| Peksater | |||||
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| Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt Great Royal Wife, King's Daughter, etc | |||||
| Burial | Cemetery D in Abydos | ||||
| Spouse | Pharaoh Piye | ||||
| Issue | unknown | ||||
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| Dynasty | 25th Dynasty of Egypt | ||||
| Father | King Kashta | ||||
| Mother | Queen Pebatjma | ||||
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| Peksater in hieroglyphs | ||||
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| Era: 3rd Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC) | ||||
Biography
editPeksater was the daughter of King Kashta and Queen Pebatjma. She appears with her husband Piye in a relief in the Amun Temple at Barkal. Piye is dressed as a high priest and officiates before the barque of Amun.[3] Laming and Macadam suggest she was an adopted daughter of Pebatjma.[4]
Peksater was buried in Abydos, Egypt. Parts of a lintel, three doorjambs and a stela were found.[3][5] Here she is called king's daughter, king's wife and great king's wife.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Lohwasser, Angelika: Die königlichen Frauen im antiken Reich von Kusch: 25. Dynastie bis zur Zeit des Nastasen, Wiesbaden 2001, (in German) ISBN 978-3447044073, p. 175.
- ^ Dodson, Aidan & Hilton, Dyan: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3, p. 234-240.
- ^ a b R. Morkot: The Black Pharaohs, Egypt's Nubian Rulers, London 2000, p. 176.; ISBN 0-948695-24-2.
- ^ Dunham, Dows; Macadam, M. F. Laming (1949). "Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 35: 139–149. doi:10.1177/030751334903500124. JSTOR 3855222. S2CID 192423817.
- ^ Porter and Moss Topographical Bibliography; Volume V Upper Egypt Griffith Institute. p.70
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