| Nasakhma | |||||
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| Kushite King of Meroë | |||||
 Pyramid Nuri XIX of King Nasakhma, successor of king Siaspiqa | |||||
| Predecessor | Siaspiqa | ||||
| Successor | Malewiebamani | ||||
| Burial | Nuri 19 | ||||
| Spouse | Queen Saka'aye | ||||
| Issue | Malewiebamani and possibly Talakhamani | ||||
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Nasakhma (Nasakhmaqa) was a Kushite King of Meroë. He was the successor of king Siaspiqa.
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| Nasakhma in hieroglyphs | ||||||||||||||
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| Era: Late Period (664–332 BC) | ||||||||||||||
Nasakhma was succeeded by Malewiebamani, who may have been his eldest son. It is possible that Talakhamani was a younger son of Nasakhma who took the throne after his brother Malewiebamani. Another possibility is that Talakhamani is Malewiebamani's son and thus possibly Nasakhma's grandson.
Nasakhma was buried at Nuri (Nu. 19). The Boston Museum of Fine Arts holds several objects that may belong to Nasakhma: shabtis, vessel fragments, etc. excavated from his tomb.
References
- ^ Dunham, Dows; Macadam, M. F. Laming (1949). "Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata". Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 35: 139–149. doi:10.1177/030751334903500124. JSTOR 3855222. S2CID 192423817.
- Dafa'alla, Samia. Succession in the Kingdom of Napata, 900-300 B.C., The International Journal of African Historical Studies, 26(1) (1993), pp. 167-174.
