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Source Description
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 titulary system, as in the title "Son of Re (sun god)."
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Document identity
localId
8076
label
Sculptor's Model with a Relief of a Goose
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
8076
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Sculptor's Model with a Relief of a Goose
description
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 titulary system, as in the title "Son of Re (sun god)."
provenance
Khawam Brothers, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 304-145 BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
sculpture
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
limestone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2059
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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87ee4ba0f7e26a86