Kashta
| Kashta | |
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Bronze situla with the names of Kashta and Amenirdis I. Walters Art Museum. | |
| Reign | c. 760–747 BC |
| Predecessor | Alara |
| Successor | Piye |
| Consort | Pebatjma |
| Children | Piye, Shabaka (sons); Khensa, Peksater, Amenirdis I, Neferukakashta (daughters) |
| Burial | el-Kurru |
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Kashta was an 8th century BCE king of the Kushite Dynasty in ancient Nubia and the successor of Alara. His nomen k3š-t3 (transcribed as Kashta, possibly pronounced /kuʔʃi-taʔ/) "of the land of Kush" is often translated directly as "The Kushite". He was succeeded by Piye, who would go on to conquer ancient Egypt and establish the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty there.