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House Sale

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 47.218.94a-b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 47.218.94a-b
Find spot: Elephantine, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27
Date: December 12, 402 B.C.E.
Date range: 402 BCE – 402 BCE
Materials: ['Papyrus', 'ink', 'mud']
Height: 32.8 cm
Width: 62.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, House Sale (47.218.94a-b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18261

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Catalogue description: Culture Aramaic Caption: Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Object: 12 15/16 × 24 5/8 in. (32.8 × 62.5 cm) a: Frame: 26 5/8 × 14 7/8 × 1 in. (67.6 × 37.8 × 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b. (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.

Rectangular papyrus fragment covered with dense cursive ink writing in multiple horizontal lines.

The image shows a papyrus sheet mounted flat with irregular edges and slight tears along the sides. The majority of the surface is filled with dark brown/black ink in tightly spaced lines running horizontally across the fragment. The script appears to be Egyptian cursive (Late Period style), but individual signs are not sufficiently legible at this resolution to securely identify specific words, royal names, deities, or sign lists. There is no clearly visible illustrated figure, relief, or cartouche; the content is entirely text. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. The bottom margin shows continuous lines fading slightly, suggesting a written document rather than a decorative text. Condition is generally good for a papyrus fragment, with some minor edge damage and overall intact text-bearing surface.

hieroglyphic only Late Period (cursive Egyptian document text; exact reign/title unknown) good

Materials Papyrusink

Visible text "Incursorive lines of Egyptian text in dark ink; specific excerpt not confidently readable from the provided image resolution."

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Incursorive lines of Egyptian text in dark ink; specific excerpt not confidently readable from the provided image resolution.

Connections

Found at Elephantine

Materials Wood Ink Papyrus Fibers

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 47.218.94a-b tier-2
BKM-Object 60733 tier-2

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Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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