Senenu Grinding Grain in the Brooklyn Museum, March 2010

Senenu Grinding Grain

The royal scribe Senenu appears here bent over a large grinding stone. This unusual sculpture seems to be an elaborate version of a shabti, a funerary figurine placed in the tomb to work in place of the deceased in the hereafter. The hieroglyphic text included Senenu's claim to a blessed afterlife by virtue of his proper behavior toward the king and gods.

Medium: Limestone

Reportedly From: Thebes, Egypt

Dates: ca. 1336-1327 B.C.E. or ca. 1327-1323 B.C.E. or ca. 1323-1295 B.C.E.

Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty

Period: New Kingdom

Dimensions: 7 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 7 9/16 in. (18 x 8 x 19.2 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical,
Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 37.120E

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3969/Senenu...