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: 2 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (6 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1477. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows a papyrus fragment with dense, dark ink handwriting arranged in horizontal lines across the surface and on smaller detached pieces below.
A large, rectangular papyrus fragment is displayed with multiple horizontal rows of inked script covering most of the visible surface. The ink lines form tightly spaced characters that resemble an alphabetic/Greek hand, though the individual letters are too fragmented to read accurately at this resolution. The fragment edges are uneven and torn, with additional smaller papyrus fragments beneath it that also bear the same type of inked writing. No clear cartouches, royal names, or figural imagery are visible. No clear colorant other than dark ink against a light papyrus background is apparent.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1477 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45083 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.