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-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 large, fragmentary sheet of papyrus displayed on a backing board with dense handwritten ink lines across most of the surviving surface.
The image shows multiple joined papyrus fragments arranged as one rectangular field. The papyrus is dry, fibrous, and brown/tan, with some missing corners and holes from tearing; edges are irregular and several gaps expose the blue-gray mounting board beneath. Across the papyrus, numerous dark ink strokes form tightly packed horizontal and angled script lines. The script appears cursive and non-hieroglyphic, consistent with Greek manuscript writing, though individual characters cannot be reliably transcribed at this resolution. No illustrated figures, iconography, or clearly readable cartouches are visible. No separate Greek header panels or illuminated decoration is evident. A small red label-like marking is present in the upper right on the mounting frame (not on the papyrus), but its text cannot be read clearly.
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.