Siaspiqa
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Siaspiqa was a Kushite King of Meroe
Meroë
Meroë Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi; Arabic: and Meruwi) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, Sudan, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah...

 in 487–468 BC.

Prenomen: Segeregtawyre ("Re is the pacifier of the Two Lands")

Nomen: Siaspiqa

Siaspiqa was the successor of Amaniastabarqa and was in turn succeeded by Nasakhma
Nasakhma
Nasakhma was a Kushite King of Meroe.He was the successor of king Siaspiqa.Nasakhma was succeeded by Malewiebamani, who may have been his eldest son. It is possible that Talakhmani was a younger son of Nasakhma who took the throne after his brother Malewiebamani...

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Siaspiqa is known from a granite stela and a libation jar which is now in the Meroe Museum in Khartoum
Khartoum
Khartoum is the capital and largest city of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...

. A shawabti and a heart scarab belonging to Siaspiqa have been discovered as well.

An offering table discovered in Nuri
Nuri
Nuri is a place in modern Sudan on the south side of the Nile. Close to it, there are pyramids belonging to Nubian kings. Nuri is situated about 15 km north of Sanam, and 10 km from Jebel Barkal. All these remains belonged to the ancient city Napata, the first capital of the Nubian kingdom of...

lists his name and title; it is now in the Meroe Museum in Khartoum.
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