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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 known solely from her burial at Meroe. Her burial was found intact and still contained the remains of three wooden coffins and mummy coverings in silver, including a mummy mask. also made in silver. Her name and title are only preserved on shabtis and on mummy covering found. On the mummy covering she is called ''king's wife''. No king's name is preserved in the burial. Her royal husband can only be guessed by the style and dating of the funerary equipment. She seems to date around 600 BC. Anlamani or Aspelta are potential partners.Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadamː ''Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata'', in ''The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology˞'', Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 145 (no. 47)


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7th-century BC women Queens of Kush