Kashta

Kashta (mid-eighth-century BCE): name of a Nubian king.

Relatives

Wife: Pebatjma, probably his sister
Sons: Piye (probably), Shabaqo
Daughters: Amenirdis I (Great Wife of Amun in Thebes), Peksatar (wife of Piye), Khensa (wife of Piye), Nefrukekashta (wife of Piye)

Life

Succeeds Alara, who may have been his brother
Appointed his daughter Amenirdis I as Great Wife of Amun
Succeeded by Piye

Buildings

Tomb at El-Kurru

Literature

T.G.H. James, "Egypt: The Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Dynasties" in: The Cambridge Ancient History, 2nd edition, vol.3 (1991) 677-747.
Robert G. Morkot, The Black Pharaohs. Egypt's Nubian Rulers (2000 London), especially chapter 11

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