Ostracon in the Shape of a Stela
Description
Caption: Ostracon in the Shape of a Stela, Year 23 of Ptolemy (III Euergetes I?). Limestone, pigment, 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in. (11.7 x 8 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1851E. (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 limestone ostracon with text inscriptions arranged in horizontal lines.
The artifact is a fragment of limestone, commonly known as an ostracon, bearing handwritten inscriptions in black ink. The text is arranged in neat horizontal lines with some symbols and possible hieratic script visible. The surface is smooth, and the writing appears to have been done with a brush or reed pen. The artifact shows signs of age with slight discoloration and wear along the edges.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1851E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118365 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.