Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, 177 C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 6 15/16 x 12 1/2 in. (17.7 x 31.7 cm) Object: 4 x 8 7/8 in. (10.2 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.20. (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 a papyrus with handwritten inscriptions.
The image depicts a fragmentary piece of papyrus showing multiple lines of handwritten text. The writing is in a dark ink, typical of documents from the ancient world. The edges of the papyrus are irregular and torn, suggesting age and fragility. The text appears to be in columns, which is common in administrative or literary papyri. The fragment is placed on a neutral background, along with a color scale for reference.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.20 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60662 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.