Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Demotic

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Description

Caption: Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Demotic, 305–30 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 6 5/16 x 7 1/2 in. (16 x 19 cm) Object: 2 5/16 x 3 7/8 in. (5.8 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 35.1211. (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.

A fragmentary piece of papyrus with visible inscriptions.

The artifact appears to be a small, rectangular fragment of papyrus, protected under glass. The color and texture suggest age, with several lines of text visible but partially deteriorated. The handwriting seems to follow a pattern consistent with ancient scripts.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials papyrus
Visible text "unknown"

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 35.1211 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 44831 tier-2
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