Aramaic Papyrus
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Aramaic Caption: Aramaic. Aramaic Papyrus, Oct. 1, 399 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Overall: 5 1/16 × 9 1/2 in. (12.8 × 24.2 cm) Glass: 8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.151. (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 photograph of several fragments of a brown papyrus sheet covered with dense dark ink script arranged in horizontal lines.
The image shows three clusters of papyrus fragments on a light background. The left cluster consists of small, irregular pieces with partial rows of dark ink markings. The central fragment is larger and vertically oriented with several lines of text running across it. On the right side there is a larger, horizontally oriented papyrus fragment with more continuous lines of ink, suggesting a written document. The script appears to be non-hieroglyphic (i.e., not standard Egyptian hieroglyphs), with letter-like forms in multiple lines; no clear Greek/Coptic/Arabic is legible at this resolution. No figurative scenes, iconography, or carved relief are visible. No cartouches or royal iconography are clearly identifiable.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.151 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60789 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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