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Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside Period
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.
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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
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