Sekhmakh was the wife of the Nubian king
Nastasen
Nastasen was a king of Kush (335 – 315/310 BC). According to a stela from Dongola his mother was named Queen Pelkha and his father may have been King Harsiotef. His successor was Aryamani.
He is known from three types of objects. There is ...
, who ruled in the Fourth century BC.
Sekhmakh is known from the great stela of the king, where she is depicted in the roundle. There is also her funerary stela,
[Khartum 1853] found in a temple at
Jebel Barkal
Jebel Barkal or Gebel Barkal ( ar, جبل بركل) is a mesa or large rock outcrop located 400 km north of Khartoum, next to Karima in Northern State in Sudan, on the Nile River, in the region that is sometimes called Nubia. The jebel is 1 ...
and obviously reused. The burial, where the stela was once placed is unknown. Sekhmakh bears the titles ''king's daughter, king's wife'' and ''mistress of Egypt''. Her royal parents are unknown.
References
Literature
* Laszlo Török, in: ''Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. II'', Bergen 1996, 468, {{ISBN, 978-82-91626-01-7
External links
Stela of Nastasen, mentioning the queen
Queens of Kush