Marriage Document
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Aramaic Caption: Aramaic. Marriage Document, July 3, 449 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, mud, linen, Object: 10 7/8 × 12 5/8 in. (27.6 × 32.1 cm) Frame: 13 1/8 × 14 13/16 × 7/8 in. (33.3 × 37.6 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.89. (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 clay seal impression with string attached.
The image shows a circular clay seal impression, featuring visible string that appears to have been part of a sealing process. The impression on the clay is unclear but suggests a form of ancient administrative or ceremonial seal. The piece is relatively well-preserved with discernible shapes on the surface.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.89 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3488 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.