Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, February 26, 152 C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 7 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. (18.7 x 21 cm) Object: 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (11.5 x 15 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.34. (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 fragmentary papyrus sheet displayed under glass, covered with dense lines of dark ink writing with a predominantly Greek-style cursive script appearance.
The image shows a rectangular papyrus fragment adhered/displayed against a light backing within a gold-toned frame. The papyrus is brown with visible fiber texture and has irregular torn edges, including a larger missing/fragmented area on the left and lower portions. Across most remaining surface there are multiple horizontal lines of dark ink forming continuous, cursive writing; the characters appear more like Greek script than Egyptian hieroglyphs. No clear illustrated figures, deities, or royal cartouches are visible—only text. The bottom-right corner includes a red museum accession/label-style marking (partially legible: “4-7-218 34”). No other clearly readable Greek/Coptic/Arabic/other inscriptions are legible from the image resolution.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.34 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60676 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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