Nastasen

Kushite King of Meroe from 335 to 315/310 BCE

Nastasen was a king of Kush who ruled the Kingdom of Kush from 335 to 315/310 BCE. According to a stela from Dongola, his mother was named Queen Pelkha and his father may have been King Harsiotef.[1] His successor was Aryamani.

Portrait of Nastasen, with Kushite crown

Sources

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  • Fage, J.D.; Oliver, Roland (1975). The Cambridge History of Africa Volume 2: From C.500 BC to AD1050. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 858. ISBN 0-521-21592-7.
  • Török, László, in: Fontes Historiae Nubiorum, II, Bergen 1996, 467-501, ISBN 82-91626-01-4

References

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  1. 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. S2CID 192423817.