Atakhebasken

Atakhebasken [1] in hieroglyphs
Era: 3rd Intermediate Period (1069–664 BC)

Atakhebasken (Akhetbasaken) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. ^[2] She was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Taharqa.

Burial

Atakhebasken is mainly known from her tomb in Nuri (Nu. 36). The finds from the tomb include: a shawabti , canopic jars, which are now in Boston, and an altar now in the Meroe Museum in Khartoum. ^{[3] [4]} Her tomb was enlarged after the chapel had already been built. ^[5]

References

1. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary, Golden House Publications, London, 2005, ISBN   978-0-9547218-9-3
2. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, ISBN   0-500-05128-3, p. 234-240
3. Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149
4. Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications.
5. Derek A. Welsby, The kingdom of Kush: the Napatan and Meroitic empires, Markus Wiener Publishers, 1998, p. 108