Pebatjma

Pebatjma (or Pebatma) was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the wife of King Kashta. She is mentioned on a statue of her daughter Amenirdis I, now in Cairo (42198). She is also mentioned on a doorjamb from Abydos.

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Monarch.name: Pebatjma
Monarch.title: Queen consort of Egypt
Monarch.image: Statue CG42198 Legrain.jpg
Monarch.caption: Statue CG42198 of Amenardis I, bearing the cartouche of her mother Pebatjma between her feet
Monarch.native_lang1: Egyptian name
Monarch.spouse: Pharaoh Kashta
Monarch.issue: Piye?, Shabaka, Khensa?, Amenirdis I, Peksater, Neferukakashta?
Monarch.dynasty: 25th Dynasty
Monarch.religion: Ancient Egyptian religion

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==Family== Pebatjma was the wife of King Kashta. Several children and possible children are recorded: King Piye - Thought to be a son of Kashta and thus possibly a son of Pebatjma. King Shabaka - Mentioned as a brother of Amenirdis I, and hence a son of Kashta and Pebatjma. Queen Khensa - Wife of Piye, thought to be a daughter of Kashta and possibly Pebatjma. Queen Peksater (or Pekareslo) - She was married to Piye and was buried in Abydos. She may have died while accompanying Piye on a campaign to Egypt. Laming and Macadam suggest she was an adopted daughter of Pebatjma. God's Wife of Amun Amenirdis I. A statue of Amenirdis mentions she is the daughter of Kashta and Pebatjma. Neferukakashta - Thought to be a daughter of Kashta and possibly Pebatjma.