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Eight Groups of Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic and Greek

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 47.218.17a-f. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 47.218.17a-f
Find spot: Elephantine, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Roman Period
Date: 664 B.C.E.–395 C.E.
Date range: 664 BCE – 664 BCE
Materials: ['Papyrus', 'ink']
Height: 6.5 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Caption: Eight Groups of Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic and Greek, 664 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Papyrus, ink, 47.218.17a-3: Largest fragment: 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (6.5 × 4 cm) 47.218.17b-1: 5 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (13.6 × 3.8 cm) 47.218.17b-1: Largest fragment: 2 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (6.4 × 4.7 cm) 47.217.17b-2: Largest fragment: 3 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (8.6 × 6 cm) 47.218.17c-1: Largest fragment: 1 5/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.4 × 3 cm) 47.218.17c-2: Largest fragment: 2 1/2 ×. Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.17a-f. (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.

A tray display containing many small, detached papyrus fragments with traces of dark ink arranged on a light blue background.

The image shows a rectangular museum mount/tray with a pale blue field. Dozens of broken papyrus pieces are scattered across the surface, with some larger fragments and many small chips. Several fragments have darker linear or blocky areas consistent with inked writing, but the individual characters are not legible at this resolution. A handwritten/printed label strip at the lower right reads approximately "47.2.8/??-1" (exact characters unclear). No readable Greek, Demotic, or other script is clearly visible, and no cartouches or royal names can be confirmed. No deities are identifiable from the visible ink marks. Materials visible include papyrus and dark ink; the backing/mount appears to be a modern conservation support.

hieroglyphic only Late Period to Roman Period (as provided by catalogue; exact script not legible in image). fragmentary

Materials Papyrusinkmodern mount/label background

Connections

Found at Elephantine

Materials Ink Papyrus

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 47.218.17a-f tier-2
BKM-Object 60659 tier-2

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