Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Greek or Demotic
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Greek Caption: Greek. Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Greek or Demotic, 30 B.C.E–395 C.E.. Papyrus, ink, a: Glass: 7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in. (20.2 x 25.3 cm) b: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) c: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) Largest fragment: 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (1 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.223a-c. (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.
The image depicts numerous fragments of ancient papyrus with black ink writing.
The fragments appear to be part of an ancient Egyptian document or collection of documents written on papyrus. The papyrus pieces are mounted on a paper backing, arranged without apparent order, indicating the document's fragmentary condition. The writings are in black ink, showing signs of age. There are no illustrations, only text.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.223a-c tier-2
- BKM-Object 10034 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.
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