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King Harsiotef
Meroë, Sudan
Archival Overview
4th-century BCE King of Kush who reigned for thirty-five prosperous years from Meroë and Napata, whose monumental 161-line hieroglyphic victory stele at Jebel Barkal details campaigns securing Kushite trade routes and temples.
Biographical Record
King Harsiotef ruled the Kingdom of Kush from approximately 404 BCE to 369 BCE. He is celebrated through his magnificent 161-line Egyptian hieroglyphic stela discovered in the Temple of Amun at Jebel Barkal (now preserved in the Cairo Museum), which provides the most extensive historical chronicle of 4th-century BCE Nubia.
The stela recounts his 35-year reign, detailing successful military expeditions against nomadic Rehrehs tribes east of Meroë, the pacification of trade corridors along the Nile, and lavish donations of gold, cattle, and precious timber to the temples of Amun at Napata, Sanam, and Kawa. He was laid to rest with royal honors in Pyramid Nu. 13 at the royal necropolis of Nuri.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialNuri, Sudan