Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Aramaic
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Aramaic, May 1, 446 B.C.E. (probably). Papyrus, ink, Glass: 8 13/16 x 9 15/16 in. (22.4 x 25.3 cm) Largest Fragment: 4 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (12 x 15.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.12. (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.
Fragmented papyrus with lines of text.
The artifact is a fragmented piece of papyrus featuring several lines of handwritten text in a horizontal orientation. The text is dark and appears to be written in a script typical of the later periods of Egyptian history. The papyrus itself is fragile, with several missing sections and frayed edges, indicating its age and use.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.12 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60654 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.