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-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 fragmentary sheet of papyrus displayed under glass, covered with dense ink writing in horizontal lines.
The image shows a rectangular papyrus fragment with irregular torn edges and several small losses. The surface is filled with dark ink lines arranged in rows, consistent with a continuous manuscript text rather than carved decoration. The writing appears non-hieroglyphic (not Egyptian hieroglyphs in the visible area), but the characters are not clear enough to confidently classify as Greek versus another script from this single photograph. No clearly legible cartouches, royal names, or religious iconography are visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1456 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45062 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.