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Wall painting of a cat killing a serpent by Charles K. Wilkinson

Cat Killing a Serpent

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Artist
Charles K. Wilkinson
Date
A.D. 1920–1921; original ca. 1295–1213 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile: H. 47 × W. 84.5 cm (18 1/2 × 33 1/4 in.); Scale: 1:1; Frame: H. 50.6 × W. 86.8 cm (19 15/16 × 34 3/16 in.)
Department
Egyptian Art
Gallery
135
Location
135
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1930

Description

Overview Wall painting of a cat killing a serpent Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside Period Charles K. Wilkinson 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.