Sekhmakh
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| Sekhmakh Sḫ m3ḫ in hieroglyphs |
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Sekhmakh was the wife of the Nubian king Nastasen, who ruled in the 4th century BC.[1]
Sekhmakh is known from the great stela of the king, where she is depicted in the roundel. She is also known from her funerary stela,[2] found in a temple at Jebel Barkal and obviously reused.[3] The burial, where the stela was once placed is unknown. Sekhmakh bears the titles king's daughter, king's wife and mistress of Egypt.[1] Her royal parents are unknown.
Sekhmakh had a Horus name and is referred to as "king" on a stela from Jebel Barkal, possibly indicating that she was a queen regnant or had some kind of role that was a precursor to the reigning queens of Meroë. [4]
References
Literature
- Laszlo Török, in: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, Vol. II, Bergen 1996, 468, Template:ISBN