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Wall painting of a cat killing a serpent

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside Period
1920–1921; original ca. 1295–1213 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
This facsimile painting copies a scene in the tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1) in Deir el-Medina of western Thebes. The cat killing the serpent is associated with Chapter 17 in the Book of the Dead.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wall painting of a cat killing a serpent
  • Artist: Charles K. Wilkinson
  • Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 19
  • Reign: reign of Ramesses I–Ramesses II
  • Date: 1920–1921; original ca. 1295–1213 BCE
  • Geography: Original from Africa, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Tomb of Sennedjem (TT 1), PM plan (5), MMA Graphic Section, 1920–1921
  • Medium: Tempera on paper
  • Dimensions: Facsimile: 47 × 84.5 cm (18 1/2 × 33 1/4 in.), Scale 1:1, Frame: 51.1 × 87.9 cm (20 1/8 × 34 5/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.4.1
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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