Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek, 6th century C.E. (possibly). Papyrus, ink, Glass: 5 x 7 1/16 in. (12.7 x 18 cm) Object: 13/16 x 7/8 in. (2.1 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1449.3. (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 small fragment of papyrus with visible script.
The artifact is a small and delicate piece of papyrus enclosed within a protective frame. It exhibits evidence of ancient script, most likely hieratic, and is preserved alongside a color scale for analysis. No imagery or decoration is present on the visible portion, focusing entirely on the textual content.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1449.3 tier-2
- BKM-Object 152115 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.