Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Aramaic
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Aramaic Caption: Aramaic. Papyrus Fragment Inscribed in Aramaic, 5th century B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, 4 x 1 9/16 in. (10.1 x 3.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.153. (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 fragment of an ancient text on papyrus with several lines of writing.
The image depicts a fragmentary piece of papyrus with multiple lines of cursive script. The text appears to be written in a dark ink that has faded over time, and the papyrus itself shows signs of wear and age. The writing style suggests a casual or quick script, potentially indicating a non-formal context.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.153 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60791 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.