Sculptor's Model with a Relief of a Goose

ca. 304-145 BCE (Ptolemaic) 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm) Citation Source image

Known as "the Great Cackler," Geb was said to have laid the cosmic egg that contained the sun and, thus, was honored as the father of the gods. The image of a goose is also a script sign and was used to write the term "son." This term was an important part of the royal titular...

Sculpture

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8076
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Khawam Brothers, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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