Akheqa was a

Nubia Nubia (, Nobiin language, Nobiin: , ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue Nile, Blue and White Nile, White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the Cataracts of the Nile, first cataract ...

n queen with the Egyptian titles ''king's wife'' and ''king's sister''. Her royal husband is not known for sure. Perhaps she was the daughter of

Aspelta Aspelta was a ruler of the kingdom of Kush (c. 600 – c. 580 BCE). More is known about him and his reign than most of the rulers of Kush. He left several stelae carved with accounts of his reign. Family Aspelta was the son of Senkamanisken and Q ...

and wife of

Aramatle-qo Aramatle-qo or Amtalqa was a Meroitic king. Dunham and Macadam, as well as Török, mentions that Aramatle-qo used the following prenomen and nomen: Family Aramatle-qo was the son and successor of King Aspelta and Queen Henuttakhbit. He had se ...

, as proposed by Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam. Akheqa is only known from her burial at

Nuri Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the west side of the Nile River, Nile, near the Fourth Cataract. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, Sudan, Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. History Nuri is the second of three Napatan bur ...

(Nu. 38). Her burial consisted of a pyramid with a small chapel in front of it, and a staircase going down to the two burial chambers that were found looted. The burial still contained fragments of at least 170

shabti The ushabti (also called shabti or shawabti, with a number of variant spellings) was a funerary figurine used in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The Egyptological term is derived from , which replaced earlier , perhaps the nisba of "' ...

figures of the queen, providing her name and titles. These were almost identical to the shabtis of queen

Madiqen {{Short description, Nubian queen Madiqen was a Nubian queen with the Egyptian titles ''king's wife'', ''king's wife of the living'' and ''king's sister''. Her mother was queen Nasalsa. Her father was most likely king Senkamanisken. Her royal husban ...

suggesting they may have been made in the same workshop. There were also found shabtis of queen

Nasalsa Nasalsa was a Nubian queen of the Kingdom of Kush. She is known from a shabti, some inscriptions on tablets and cups, text on the stela of Khaliut, a dedication inscription and a text from Kawa. Dunham, Dows; Macadam, M. F. Laming: ''Names and ...

, queen Madiqen and Artaha.Dows Dunhamː ''The Royal cemeteries of Kush, vol. II, Nuri'', Boston 1955, pp. 129-130, 262, fig. 20
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