Baskakeren was a

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(about 400 BC). He was likely a son of King

Malewiebamani Malewiebamani was a List of monarchs of Kush, Kushite King of Meroë. Malewiebamani's mother was likely Queen Saka'aye. Malewiebamani was the son of either Nasakhma or Siaspiqa. Amanineteyerike and Baskakeren are thought to be sons of Malewiebam ...

and the younger brother of King

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. He succeeded King

to the throne.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 Baskakeren is so far only known from his small pyramid in

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(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

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).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

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