Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek

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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.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials papyrus

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 35.1449.3 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 152115 tier-2
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  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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