Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, 4th century C.E. (obverse); 6th century C.E. (reverse). Papyrus, ink, Glass: 8 1/4 x 14 in. (21 x 35.5 cm) Object: 4 5/16 x 9 13/16 in. (11 x 25 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1456. (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.
An ancient papyrus containing handwritten cursive script.
The image depicts a fragmentary piece of papyrus featuring handwritten text in a cursive style. The writing appears to be non-hieroglyphic, possibly Greek or Coptic, as evident from the script style and arrangement. The papyrus is aged and has several missing sections, but the ink is still visible against the fibrous background.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1456 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45062 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.