Baskakeren

Baskakeren
Kushite King of Meroe
Nuri pyramid Nu XVII of King Baskakeren (ruins in the center)
PredecessorAmanineteyerike
SuccessorHarsiotef
Burial
Nuri (Nu. 17)
Names
Baskakeren
FatherMalewiebamani

Baskakeren was a king of Kush (about 400 BC). He was likely a son of King Malewiebamani and the younger brother of King Amanineteyerike.[1] He succeeded King Amanineteyerike to the throne.[2]

Baskakeren is so far only known from his small pyramid in Nuri (Nu.17). The size of his pyramid indicates that he reigned for only a short period of time. Known from a stela from his chapel in Meroe Museum (in Khartoum).[1]

Hieroglyphs for Baskakeren.
  1. ^ a b Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (December , 1949), pp. 139-149
  2. ^ Samia Dafa'alla, Succession in the Kingdom of Napata, 900-300 B.C., The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (1993), pp. 167-174