Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, ca. 215 C.E. (recto); 3rd century C.E. (verso). Papyrus, ink, Glass: 8 1/16 x 12 5/8 in. (20.5 x 32 cm) Object: 7 1/16 x 10 7/16 in. (18 x 26.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1207. (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 fragmented papyrus containing inscriptions.
The artifact is a fragmented papyrus with visible handwritten text. The text is arranged in horizontal lines and appears to be a script, possibly Coptic or Greek, based on the style of the letters. Many sections are missing, and the papyrus is mounted on a backing for preservation.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1207 tier-2
- BKM-Object 44827 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.