Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek, 6th century C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 in. (13 x 20 cm) Object: 3 3/8 x 6 1/8 in. (8.5 x 15.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1838E. (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 featuring Greek script.
This image depicts a fragment of an ancient papyrus document. The papyrus is inscribed with Greek writing, which has been preserved despite the fragmentary condition of the paper. The text is arranged in parallel lines and is written in a cursive script, characteristic of a manuscript or official document. The background is neutral, emphasizing the aged and worn appearance of the papyrus.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1838E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118353 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.