Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, 148–149 C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 5 1/8 x 11 in. (13 x 28 cm) Object: 1 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (5 x 21 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.24. (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 fragmentary papyrus sheet under glass displays dense ink writing in a dark script across most of its surface.
The image shows a narrow, vertically oriented papyrus fragment with ragged edges at top and bottom, mounted behind glass. The writing is arranged in multiple horizontal lines covering the upper and central area; the ink appears dark (black or dark brown) against the light brown papyrus. A few lines are partially obscured by damage or fading, but the overall layout resembles a continuous inscription rather than pictorial scenes. No clear Egyptian hieroglyphs are identifiable from this resolution; the text appears consistent with the museum description of Greek. A color/scale chart is visible to the right side of the photograph, but it is not part of the artifact. No cartouches, royal titulary, divine iconography, or clear standalone signs are legible enough to identify deities or names confidently.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.24 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60666 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.