Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic
Description
Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Demotic, 664–404 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 10 1/16 x 12 3/16 in. (25.5 x 31 cm) Object: 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (18.4 x 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.659. (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.
Fragmentary papyrus with handwritten text.
This image depicts a block of ancient papyrus that is significantly damaged and shows visible black ink inscriptions. The text appears to follow a right-to-left alignment typical of Egyptian hieratic script. Large fragments are missing, but the remaining pieces provide a glimpse into ancient administrative or literary content.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 35.659 tier-2
- BKM-Object 44281 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.