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-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 fragmentary papyrus document featuring text in ancient script.
The image depicts a fragmentary piece of papyrus with columns of text written in a script resembling Greek. The document is darkened and has numerous holes and areas of damage, indicating its ancient origin. The script is arranged in a structured format with visible lines and spacing. The style suggests it may be a record or correspondence.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.34 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60676 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.