Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Papyrus Inscribed in Greek

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Papyrus Inscribed in Greek, October 21, 137 C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 7 1/16 x 11 9/16 in. (18 x 29.3 cm) Object: 4 x 8 1/4 in. (10.1 x 21 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.52. (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.

An ancient papyrus fragment with handwritten script.

The image depicts a papyrus document with a relatively fine and orderly script. The papyrus is significantly deteriorated, with large portions missing or fragmented, revealing a repetitive style of horizontal lines of text. The visible writing appears to be in a cursive style typical of ancient documentary scripts.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials papyrus

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 47.218.52 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 60693 tier-2
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