Back شاناكداخيتي Arabic Shanakdakhete Catalan Shanakdakheto German Shanakdakhete Spanish Shanakdakhete Basque Shanakdakhete French Shanakdakhete Hausa Sanakadakheto Hungarian Shanakdakhete ID Shanakdakhete Italian
| Shanakdakhete | |
|---|---|
 Ruins of Temple F in Naqa, built under Shanakdakhete | |
| Queen regnant of Kush | |
| Reign | First half of the 1st century AD |
| Predecessor | Amanishakheto (?) |
| Successor | Unknown king (Bar. 2) (?) |
| Burial | Meroë, pyramid Beg. N 21 (?) |
Shanakdakhete, also spelled Shanakdakheto[1] or Sanakadakhete,[2] was a queen regnant of the Kingdom of Kush, ruling from Meroë in the early first century AD.[2] Shanakdakhete is poorly attested, though is known to have constructed a temple in Naqa.
Shanakdakhete was previously believed to have been the first Kushite queen regnant[1] due to an erroneous dating of her inscriptions.[2] This role is now instead attributed to Nahirqo.[2][3]
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- ^ a b c d Kuckertz, Josefine (2021). "Meroe and Egypt". UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: 5, 12, 16.
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