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Property Transfer Document: Ananiah Gives Yehoishema Another Part of the House

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Aramaic Caption: Aramaic. Property Transfer Document: Ananiah Gives Yehoishema Another Part of the House, November 25 or November 26, 404 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, mud, Object: 28 11/16 × 12 3/8 in. (72.9 × 31.5 cm) Frame: 30 5/16 × 15 5/16 in. (77 × 38.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.92. (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.

Photograph of a vertical papyrus sheet with multiple lines of dark ink text filling the surface; the writing appears to be cursive rather than standard carved hieroglyphic forms.

The image shows a rectangular papyrus fragment photographed straight-on, with the top and right edges damaged/broken. Dense rows of ink text run horizontally across the sheet. The script does not clearly resolve into identifiable Egyptian hieroglyphs from this image resolution; it appears more like an alphabetic or cursive script (potentially Demotic/Aramaic/Hebrew or another administrative hand), but the exact script cannot be confirmed. No clearly legible cartouches or royal titulary are visible. No painted figures or deity iconography are present; only text is visible. The surface shows typical papyrus fiber texture and discoloration. The catalogue’s specified materials include mud in addition to papyrus and ink; while mud is not visibly identifiable in the photo, the papyrus and ink text are clear. There is no clearly legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text and no clear hieroglyphic-only section can be confirmed.

funerary Persian Period (per catalogue; script not sufficiently legible to confirm independently) fragmentary
Materials Papyrusink
Signs unknown cursive/administrative script lines

Connections

Found at Elephantine
Materials InkPapyrus

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 47.218.92 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 60731 tier-2
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