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''i-ḫ-rsn'', <-Sw-A40-x:r-z:n->, align=era=egypt Akhrasan was a
Nubia Nubia () (Nobiin: Nobīn, ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the first cataract of the Nile (just south of Aswan in southern Egypt) and the confluence of the Blue and White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), or ...
n queen, so far only known from her burial in the royal cemetery of
Nuri Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. Nuri is the second of three Napatan burial sites and the construction of ...
(Nu. 32). She was perhaps the wife of king
Malewiebamani Malewiebamani was a Kushite King of Meroe. ''Prenomen:'' Kheperkare ("Re is one whose ka is manifest") ''Nomen:'' Malewiebamani Malewiebamani's mother was likely Queen Saka'aye. Malewiebamani was the son of either Nasakhma or Siaspiqa. Ama ...
, althouɥgh this is not securely confirmed. Her only known title is ''king's wife''. Her burial consisted of a pyramid and the underground burial rooms. There was a staircase going underground and leading to the two burial chambers. The burial was found robbed, but fragments of at least 45
shabti The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The Egyptological term is derived from , which replaced earlier , perhaps the nisba of "' ...
s were found. They bear the name and the title of the queen. Several pottery vessels and smaller objects were found too./Dows Dunhamː ''The Royal cemeteries of Kush'', vol. II, Boston 1955, pp. 202-206, 26
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5th-century BC women Queens of Kush