Atasamale (also Tesmalo) was the mother of the

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 ...

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Harsiotef Harsiotef was a Kushite King of Meroe (about 404 – 369 BC). Harsiotef took on a full set of titles based on those of the Egyptian Pharaohs: ''Horus name:'' Kanakht Khaemnepet ("Mighty Bull appears in Napata") ''Nebty Name:'' Nednetjeru ("Who ...

(ruled very roughly around 400 BC). She is known from a stela of her son and from her burial at

Nuri Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile River, Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, Sudan, Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. Nuri is the second of three Napatan burial sites ...

. Her titles are ''mother of the kings'', ''sister of the king'' and ''Lady of Kush''. She might have been the wife of

Amanineteyerike Amanineteyerike (Amanneteyerike, Aman-nete-yerike, Irike-Amannote) was a Kushite King of Meroe. His reign is dated to the end of the 5th century BCE. Amanineteyerike took on a full set of titles based on those of the Egyptian Pharaohs.László ...

, although this is only a guess. Her burial at

consisted of a pyramid with a chapel and two underground burial chambers. There was a staircase going underground and leading to two rooms. The burial was found robbed, but fragments of uninscribed

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. There were several vessels and a die made of faience or white paste. Her name was preserved on an offering table found thereDows Dunhamː ''The Royal cemeteries of Kush'', vol. II, Boston 1955, pp. 232-23
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5th-century BC women 4th-century BC women Queens of Kush