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-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.
A framed fragment of papyrus with scattered dark ink marks and faint text-like strokes, displayed against a grey backing. No clearly legible Latin or Greek characters are readable at this resolution.
The image shows a rectangular-framed papyrus fragment with uneven edges and multiple tears or breaks, mounted on a light grey board. The fragment is predominantly tan/brown with darker, irregular ink lines and dots clustered across the surface; some longer stroke elements run horizontally or diagonally, suggesting writing. A small white label with printed characters is attached to the display beneath the papyrus, but the writing on the label is not clearly legible in the image. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or royal name plaques are visible. The overall presentation is consistent with a papyrus text fragment; however, the specific script (Latin vs. Greek) cannot be confidently confirmed from the provided resolution.
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.