Parchment Inscribed in Greek
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Parchment Inscribed in Greek, ca. 7th century C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 5 5/16 x 6 5/16 in. (13.5 x 16 cm) Largest Fragment: 2 3/8 x 3 7/8 in. (6 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.35. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A fragment of a papyrus with handwritten text.
The image shows a fragment of a papyrus with Greek script. The fragment appears to be preserved under glass with some portions missing. The handwriting suggests it could be part of a letter or official document from a historical context. The color calibration chart and ruler indicate it may be part of a museum or archival collection.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.35 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60677 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.