Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus
Coptic Ostracon Late Antique PeriodThebes
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Coptic Ostracon, 395–642 C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 4 7/16 x 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (11.2 x 2.2 x 15.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1823E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
AI reading of the photograph
Visible text (machine reading)
Partial visible numbering/mark: “758” (lower-left). Coptic text lines are present but not fully legible enough for a reliable excerpt.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1823E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118341 tier-2
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