Papyrus Inscribed in Greek and Latin
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Papyrus Inscribed in Greek and Latin, 169 C.E. or later. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 6 x 6 9/16 in. (15.3 x 16.7 cm) Object: 3 1/16 x 3 3/8 in. (7.7 x 8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.54. (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 manuscript with handwritten text.
This image shows a fragmentary piece of papyrus with visible handwritten text in a script that resembles Coptic. The background is plain, suggesting that the fragment is preserved and displayed against a neutral surface. The manuscript is partially damaged, with frayed edges and some portions missing, providing a view into the manuscript's fragile nature.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.54 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60695 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.