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Shawabty of Queen Khensa

Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye)
743–712 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Ku 4 (tomb of Queen Khensa), chamber debris

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Overall: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.12533
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionThis is a shawabty of Queen Khensa, daughter of Kashta, sister-wife of Piankhy. The male figure wears a tripartite wig and has a long beard. The shawabty is uninscribed. This mummiforn shape does not have a back pillar or base. No hands or implements are depicted. The back is flat and there is no wig line. It is missing part of lower legs and all of feet.
ProvenanceFrom Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Ku 4 (tomb of Queen Khensa), chamber debris. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of the Sudan.

(Accession Date: May 17, 2007)