Sekhmakh

Sekhmakh
Sekhmakh
Queen consort of Meroë ; King's Daughter ; King's Wife ; Mistress of Egypt
	Detail of Sekhmakh from the stela of Nastasen
Queen regnant of Meroë?
Reign	???? BC - ???? BC
Spouse	Nastasen
Father	Harsiotef?

Sekhmakh was the wife of the Nubian king Nastasen, who ruled in the 4th century BC.

Sekhmakh
Sḫ m3ḫ
in hieroglyphs

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,^[1] found in a temple at Jebel Barkal 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.

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. ^[2]

King Nastasen making offerings to the gods with his mother Pelkha (left) and his wife Sekhmakh (far right).

References

^ Khartum 1853
^ Joyce Haynes; Mimi Santini-Ritt (2012). "Women in Ancient Nubia". In Marjorie M. Fisher; Peter Lacovara; Salma Ikram; Sue D'Auria (eds.). Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 173.

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^{[dead link]}

[1] Khartum 1853

[2] Joyce Haynes; Mimi Santini-Ritt (2012). "Women in Ancient Nubia". In Marjorie M. Fisher; Peter Lacovara; Salma Ikram; Sue D'Auria (eds.). Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile. The American University in Cairo Press. p. 173.

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Sekhmakh
Queen consort of Meroë King's Daughter King's Wife Mistress of Egypt
Detail of Sekhmakh from the stela of Nastasen
Queen regnant of Meroë?
Reign	???? BC - ???? BC

Spouse	Nastasen
Father	Harsiotef?