Shabaqo

Shabaqo (Louvre)

Shabaqo: name of a Nubian king ruling over Egypt (c.716-c.702).

Relatives

Father: Kashta
Mother: Pebatjma
Sons: Horemakhet, Shebitqo, Tamwetamani

Life

c.716: Succeeds Piye, who may have been his brother
Resides in Memphis
Intervenes in the Leveant
c.702: Succeeeded by Shebitqo

Buildings

Thebes
Tomb at El-Kurru

Literature

T.G.H. James, "Egypt. The Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Dynasties" in: Cambridge Ancient History (second edition, 1991), vol.III, part two, pp.677-747
Robert G. Morkot, The Black Pharaohs. Egypt's Nubian Rulers (2000 London), especially chapter 15

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