Submitted Name Revision History

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3/14/2024, 5:31 AM Nienna9 Removed archaic use, as Meroitic has been extinct since 400CE
3/13/2024, 3:47 PM myre36915 Added BCE too the 8th century info & added page from Welsby citation.
3/12/2024, 5:26 PM myre36915

Name Kashta
Gender Masculine
Usage Meroitic
Edit Status Status1. basic formatting

Meaning & History

This name means possibly "the Kushite." It was the name of the Kushite King Kashta (fl. 8th century BCE) of the Kingdom of Kush who egyptianized Nubia and started the Kushite takeover of Upper Egypt.
Added 3/12/2024 by myre36915