Papyrus Inscribed in Greek
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-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.
Fragmentary papyrus sheet in a glass mount, covered with dark ink writing in Greek columns or lines and substantial losses/tears.
The image shows a small, irregular papyrus fragment displayed flat behind glass. The papyrus is brown/tan with curled edges and multiple large missing sections, leaving ragged borders on several sides. Dense ink script fills much of the surviving surface, arranged in horizontal lines that resemble Greek cursive/handwriting; individual letters are too small and blurred for confident transcription. No clear Egyptian hieroglyphs or cartouches are visible. No figural imagery is present. The catalogue notes Greek inscription; the writing appears consistent with a Greek manuscript script style, though exact words cannot be reliably read from this resolution.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.52 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60693 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.
- 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.