Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus
Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek, 2nd century C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 9 1/4 x 10 1/16 in. (23.5 x 25.5 cm) Object: 5 5/16 x 6 5/16 in. (13.5 x 16 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1461. (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 fragmentary piece of papyrus with Greek text.
The image shows a weathered piece of papyrus featuring Greek writings. The text is faded and incomplete due to the fragmentary condition of the papyrus. The handwriting is consistent with documentary scripts of ancient manuscripts.
photographic documentation
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
papyrus
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1461 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45067 tier-2
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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