American Research Center in Egypt 2014 Portland, OR Psamtik II’s Nubian Campaign and the “Land of Shas” Jeremy Pope The College of William & Mary The account of Psamtik II’s Nubian campaign inscribed upon his Tanis stela specifies that “His Majesty sent an army to the Land of Shas.” The location of “Shas” is consequently one of the most important pieces of evidence for the geographic extent of Psamtik II’s campaign. Yet very few texts mentioning the toponym “Shas” have survived from the period of rivalry between the Kushites and Saïtes, and one of those texts (Taharqo’s Sanam Historical Inscription) was published only within the past year. This paper will combine my editio princeps of the Sanam Historical Inscription together with Meroitic and Coptic toponymy in order to re-evaluate the various theories regarding the location of “Shas” and the ultimate destination of Psamtik II’s Nubian campaign.