Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, 2nd century C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 7 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (18 x 21 cm) Object: 4 1/8 x 5 3/16 in. (10.5 x 13.2 cm) Seal: 7/8 × 1/4 × 7/8 in. (2.2 × 0.6 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.22. (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 small circular ancient artifact with an impression in the center.
The object appears to be a clay seal or bulla with an impression that seems to form symbols or characters in the center. The artifact shows the typical dark hue of aged clay and has slight wear on the edges, indicating its antiquity. The impression may contain hieroglyphic or symbolic representations, but the details are unclear due to wear.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.22 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60664 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.