Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Greek, 2nd century C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 11 7/16 x 12 5/8 in. (29 x 32 cm) Object: 7 13/16 x 8 1/2 in. (19.8 x 21.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1466. (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.
Fragmentary text document with visible writing.
The artifact depicts a heavily damaged papyrus or paper manuscript with several lines of script. Sections of the text are missing due to deterioration, revealing the fragile nature of the material and providing insight into the document's age and handling. The writing style suggests it could be of historical significance, potentially from a period where papyrus was a primary writing medium.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.1466 tier-2
- BKM-Object 45072 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.