Papyrus Inscribed in Latin and Greek
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Papyrus Inscribed in Latin and Greek, 2nd century C.E. (recto); 1st–2nd century C.E. (verso). Papyrus, ink, Glass: 5 1/16 x 7 1/16 in. (12.8 x 18 cm) Object: 2 3/4 x 5 in. (7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.36. (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 inscriptions.
The image depicts an ancient papyrus fragment with visible text written in a script resembling Greek or Coptic. The fragment is mounted on a backing board with color control patches for analysis. The handwriting is in block letters and is partially legible but incomplete due to missing pieces.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.36 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60678 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.