(fl. seventh century B.C.E.) Royal woman from Napata, in Nubia
She was the mother of TAHARQA (r. 690–664 B.C.E.) of the Nubian Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt and the daughter of KASHTA and Queen PEBATMA. She was the wife of PIANKHI (750–712 B.C.E.). It is not known if Abar traveled northward to see her son’s coronation upon the death of his predecessor, SHEBITKU, but Taharqa visited NAPATA to build new religious sanctuaries, strengthening his original base there. In 671 B.C.E., he returned as an exile when Essarhaddon, the Assyrian king (r. 681–668 B.C.E.), overcame the Egyptian defenses on his second attempt to conquer the Land of the Nile.
