Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic
Description
Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic, 4th–3rd century B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 14 x 17 15/16 in. (35.5 x 45.6 cm) Largest Piece: 6 7/8 x 13 7/16 in. (17.4 x 34.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2005E. (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 with multiple columns/lines of dark ink text, mounted for display with additional smaller detached pieces arranged to the right.
The image shows a large, irregularly shaped sheet of papyrus covered with dense, horizontally and vertically arranged lines of ink. The papyrus is heavily worn and broken along edges, with several missing sections and charred/darkened spots. A number of smaller fragments are placed separately to the right on a light backing, each bearing short runs of inked lines. No clear cartouches or royal names are legible at this resolution, and the script type is not confidently identifiable from the image alone (catalogue indicates Demotic, but the image quality does not allow secure confirmation). There are no legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic lines. No clearly identifiable figure or deity iconography is present; the content appears purely textual. A small printed display label/number appears near the center-bottom of the sheet, but no readable catalogue inscriptions are visible beyond that.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.2005E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118505 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.