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-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 glass-fronted display shows five small, irregular papyrus/paper fragments bearing ink inscriptions in vertical lines, consistent with Greek script. No clear Egyptian hieroglyphs or cartouches are visible in the photograph.
Within a framed mount, five small rectangular-to-irregular flakes of organic writing material are pinned/placed on a pale blue-gray background. One larger fragment at upper left preserves faint ink lines with characters that appear non-Egyptian; a mid-upper fragment shows denser writing with multiple short lines; an upper-right fragment includes a darker, pigment-heavy area and vertical text-like strokes; a lower-left and lower-middle fragment show smaller portions of inked text. The inscriptions are oriented in ways consistent with fragmentary Greek lines (no definite Egyptian hieroglyph groups, seated figures, or royal titulary are visible). No cartouche or named deity symbols can be confidently identified from the low resolution and fragmentary script. Materials appear consistent with the catalogue’s papyrus/paper and ink; some reddish/brown pigment blocks may be part of the writing or background staining.
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.
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