Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek, 6th century C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 10 7/16 x 16 7/16 in. (26.5 x 41.7 cm) Object: 6 5/16 x 6 7/8 in. (16 x 17.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1479. (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 fragmentary piece of papyrus containing Greek text.
The image depicts a fragment of papyrus with handwritten Greek script. The papyrus is heavily worn, with tears and missing sections. The text appears faded, indicating its ancient age. It features horizontal lines and some recognizable Greek letters that suggest it might be part of a larger document, possibly related to administrative or personal correspondence.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1479 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45085 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.