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Seth Slaying a Serpent, Temple of Amun at Hibis Late PeriodHibis

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 48.105.5. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 48.105.5
Find spot: Hibis, Western Desert; Kharga Oasis, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27
Reign: reign of Darius I
Date: 521–486 B.C.
Date range: 521 BCE – 486 BCE
Materials: ['tempera on paper']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Seth Slaying a Serpent, Temple of Amun at Hibis (48.105.5). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/59908

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Facsimile, Temple of Amun. Late Period, Dynasty 27, reign of Darius I, 521–486 B.C. Tempera on paper. facsimile: h. 45 cm (17 11/16 in); w. 36 cm (14 3 16 in); scale 1:5; framed: h. 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in); w. 40 cm (15 3/4 in). Original from: Hibis, Western Desert; Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1948.

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Found at Hibis

Deities Amun Set

Materials Painted Surface Paper Support

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