Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek, 3rd century B.C.E. (probably). Papyrus, ink, Glass: 4 1/2 x 5 in. (11.5 x 12.7 cm) Object: 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (6 x 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1210. (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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian papyrus.
The image depicts a small, irregularly shaped fragment of papyrus, mounted within a protective frame. The papyrus contains traces of black ink, suggesting the presence of text or script, though it is not fully legible. The fragment appears old and fragile, highlighting the delicacy of the ancient material. There are no visible figures or elaborate decorations, indicating that this was likely a piece of written text rather than an illustrated manuscript.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1210 tier-2
- BKM-Object 44830 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.