Atakhebasken

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

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

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