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

Parts of Tablet

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Description

Caption: Parts of Tablet, 4th century C.E.. Wood, wax, 37.1911Ea: 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/4 in. (18.7 x 11.5 x 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1911Ea-b. (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.

A rectangular wooden object with two recessed/painted panels covered in faded, grid-like incised or impressed marks resembling writing/inscriptions; darkened edges and multiple round perforations are visible along the top band.

The image shows a large rectangular tablet fragment, likely made of wood, with a thick frame and a slightly raised rim. Two broad horizontal sections appear: an upper area with a pale background and scattered, faint linear/curvilinear marks and worn bands of color (including ochre/red-brown and dark areas), and a lower area that is more uniformly covered with fine, repeated lines forming a network-like pattern suggestive of incised or impressed text marks. The surface is heavily abraded, and no clearly legible hieroglyphs are identifiable at this resolution. Several small circular holes/perforations are visible near the top edge (at least two), consistent with suspension or mounting. The rest of the object is missing/fragmentary at one side, where the paint/binder appears to have flaked away. There is also a small modern label/sticker with handwritten text in the photo, but no ancient Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is clearly visible.

unclear Roman Period (as catalogued; no secure visual confirmation of date from this image alone) poor
Materials woodwax (not clearly visible; only consistent with catalogued coating)paint/pigment (faded areas)
Signs Unclear/possibly incised impressed writing marks; no legible hieroglyphs identified

Connections

Found at Upper Egypt
Materials Wood

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1911Ea-b tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118416 tier-2
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  • 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.