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-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.
Photograph of a small framed papyrus fragment with faded brown ink writing arranged in lines, photographed against a neutral background.
The image shows a papyrus fragment mounted within a light-colored rectangular frame. The fragment contains reddish-brown ink text that appears to be organized in horizontal lines. A central cluster of markings is visible, with additional faint characters below; overall legibility is low due to wear and photograph resolution. There are no clearly identifiable royal cartouches, no clearly readable Greek/Coptic/Arabic text segments, and no distinct hieroglyphs identifiable with certainty. The fragment surface and the ink remain the primary visible materials; the frame and mounting are modern.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1210 tier-2
- BKM-Object 44830 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.