Qalhata
{{Infobox monarch
| name = Qalhata
| title = Queen consort of Nubia and Egypt
Great Royal Wife
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| place of burial = Pyramid in El-Kurru (Ku. 5)
| spouse = Pharaoh Shabaka
| issue = King Tantamani
| dynasty = 25th Dynasty of Egypt
| father = King Piye
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{{Hiero|QalhataJoyce Tyldesley, Chronicles of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson: London, 2006.|
Qalhata was a Nubian queen dated to the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}, p.234-240
Qalhata was a daughter of King Piye and a queen consort to her brother Shabaka. She is known from the Dream Stela of King Tantamani and from her pyramid in El-Kurru (Ku. 5).Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 (Dec., 1949), pp. 139-149
Assyrian records state that King Tantamani was the son of Taharqa's sister. The tomb of Qalhata at El-Kurru contains texts that say she is a King's Mother, giving some evidence of the family relationships.R. Morkot: The Black Pharaohs, Egypt's Nubian Rulers, London 2000, pg 205 {{ISBN|0-948695-24-2}}
References
{{Queens of Ancient Egypt}}
Category:8th-century BC Egyptian women
Category:Queens consort of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt
Category:8th-century BC Egyptian people
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