5 Small Fragments Inscribed in Greek
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Roman Caption: Roman. 5 Small Fragments Inscribed in Greek, 2nd or 3rd century C.E.. Papyrus, paper, ink, pigment, Fragment a: 2 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (6 × 4 cm) Fragment b: 1 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (3.5 x 4.5 cm) Fragment c-1: 1 3/16 x 1 9/16 in. (3 x 4 cm) Fragment c-2: 3/8 x 1 in. (1 x 2.5 cm) Fragment d: 1 3/16 x 1 3/8 in. (3 x 3.5 cm) Fragment e: 9/16 x 1 3/16 in. (1.5 x 3 cm) Glass: 5 1/8 x 5 5/16 in. (13 x 13.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.619. (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.
Image features a drawing of a sailing vessel and several papyrus fragments with Greek text.
The artifact image shows a drawing of a traditional Egyptian sailing boat with a flag, likely on the Nile, above several fragments of ancient papyrus containing Greek inscriptions. To the right of the boat are the words 'Seven Hathors' with decorative elements that might represent hieroglyphs. The style of the drawing is simple, focusing on the outline of the boat, while the papyrus fragments appear aged and decayed.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.619 tier-2
- BKM-Object 10108 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.
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