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{{Short description|Egyptian queen}}
{{Infobox monarch
|name               = Khensa
|title              = [[Queen consort]] of [[Nubia]] and [[Egypt]]<br/>King's Wife, King's Sister, King's Daughter, etc 
|place of burial    = Pyramid in Kuru, Nubia
|spouse             = Pharaoh [[Piye]] 
|issue              = unknown
|dynasty            = [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt|25th Dynasty of Egypt]]
|father             = possibly [[Kashta]]
|mother             = possibly [[Pebatjma]]
}}
{{Hiero|Khensa|<hiero><-Aa1:n:n-Aa17-E9-></hiero>|align=left|era=3ip}}

'''Khensa''' ('''Khenensaiuw''') was a [[Nubia]]n queen dated to the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt]].<ref name="AD">[[Aidan Dodson|Dodson, Aidan]] & Hilton, Dyan: The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2004, {{ISBN|0-500-05128-3}}, p. 234-240.</ref>

Khensa is named as a King's Wife and King's Sister together with King [[Piye]]. This suggests she is the sister-wife of the [[Pharaoh]] and hence likely a daughter of [[Kashta]] and [[Pebatjma]].

Her full titles include: Noble Lady ({{transl|egy|iryt p't}}), Great of Praises ({{transl|egy|wrt hzwt}}), Sweet of Love ({{transl|egy|bnrt mrwt}}), Beloved one of Wadjet ({{transl|egy|mryt w3Dt}}), Mistress of Grace ({{transl|egy|nbt im3t}}), Lady of all Woman ({{transl|egy|hnwt hmwt nbwt}}), King's Wife ({{transl|egy|hmt niswt}}), Great King's Wife ({{transl|egy|hmt niswt wrt}}), Lady of [[Upper Egypt|Upper]] and [[Lower Egypt]] ({{transl|egy|hnwt Sm'w mhw}}), Lady of the Two Lands ({{transl|egy|hnwt t3wy}}), King's Daughter ({{transl|egy|s3t niswt}}), King's Sister ({{transl|egy|snt niswt}}), and the one who pacifies the King every day ({{transl|egy|shtp niswt m hrt hrw}}).<ref name="Gra">Grajetski Ancient Egyptian Queens: a hieroglyphic dictionary Golden House Publications. p. 88.</ref>

Khensa is attested on a statue Louvre E 3915 - with Piye - dedicated to the goddess [[Bastet]]. She was buried in a pyramid at [[el-Kurru]] (Ku4). The tomb still contained parts of the funerary equipment such as an offering table, vases, canopic jars, etc.<ref name="Gra"/>

==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]]


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