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{{Infobox monarch
| name               = Pebatjma
| title              = [[Queen consort]] of [[Egypt]]
| image              = Statue CG42198 Legrain.jpg
| caption            = Statue CG42198 of Amenardis I, bearing the cartouche of her mother Pebatjma between her feet
| native_lang1       = Egyptian name
| native_lang1_name1 = <hiero><-p-G29-T:U1-></hiero><ref name="Morkot"/>
| date of burial     =
| place of burial    =
| spouse             = Pharaoh [[Kashta]]
| issue              = [[Piye]]?, [[Shabaka]], [[Khensa]]?, [[Amenirdis I]], [[Peksater]], Neferukakashta?
| dynasty            = [[25th Dynasty]]
| father             =
| mother             =
| religion           = [[Ancient Egyptian religion]]
}}
'''Pebatjma''' (or '''Pebatma''') was a [[Nubia]]n queen dated to the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt]]. She was the wife of King [[Kashta]].<ref name="AD">Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}, p.234-240</ref> She is mentioned on a statue of her daughter [[Amenirdis I]], now in Cairo (42198). She is also mentioned on a doorjamb from [[Abydos, Egypt|Abydos]].<ref name="Laming-Macadam">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, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3855222 JSTOR]</ref>
==Family==
Pebatjma was the wife of King Kashta. Several children and possible children are recorded:
* King [[Piye]] - Thought to be a son of Kashta and thus possibly a son of Pebatjma
* King [[Shabaka]] - Mentioned as a brother of Amenirdis I, and hence a son of Kashta and Pebatjma.<ref name="Morkot"/><ref name="AD"/>
* Queen [[Khensa]] - Wife of [[Piye]], thought to be a daughter of Kashta<ref name="Morkot"/> and possibly Pebatjma.<ref name="AD"/>
* Queen [[Peksater]] (or Pekareslo) - She was married to Piye and was buried in Abydos. She may have died while accompanying Piye on a campaign to Egypt.<ref name="Morkot">Morkot, Robert G., The Black Pharaohs: Egypt's Nubian Rulers, The Rubicon Press, 2000, {{ISBN|0-948695-24-2}}</ref> Laming and Macadam suggest she was an adopted daughter of Pebatjma.<ref name="Laming-Macadam"/>
* [[God's Wife of Amun]] [[Amenirdis I]]. A statue of Amenirdis mentions she is the daughter of Kashta and Pebatjma.
* Neferukakashta - Thought to be a daughter of Kashta<ref name="Morkot"/> and possibly Pebatjma.<ref name="AD"/>
==Possible identification with Pabtamer==
{{Hiero|Pabtamer<br>''(Pa-abt-ta-mer)''<ref name="Morkot"/>|<hiero>G40-U23-t:b:D41-N16:U7-A51</hiero>|align=left|era=3ip}}
It is possible but by no means certain that Pebatjma is identical to a royal woman named Pabtamer (Pa-abt-ta-mer). A stela from Abydos belonging to a general named Paqattereru (Pekatror) records how this general was called upon by Osiris for the burial of his mother Pabtamer who had the beautiful name Meres-Nip ("beloved of Napata" or "She who loves Napata"). She holds the titles Chantress of Amun, King's Sister, King's daughter, and Mother of the Adorer of the God. It has been suggested that Pa-abt-ta-mer is an Egyptianization of the name Pebatjma. The problem with the identification is that Pa-abt-ta-mer holds slightly different titles than those recorded for Pebatjma on other monuments. Furthermore, the title of King's daughter is slightly problematic as there is no known king who could be her father. Paqattereru is not a King's son, and these facts may point to Pa-abt-ta-mer being an otherwise unknown wife of either [[Piye]] or [[Taharqa]], and the mother of either [[Shepenupet II]] or [[Amenirdis II]].<ref name="Morkot"/>
==References==
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{{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]]