Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Papyrus Fragments Inscribed with Text Written in Pahlavi

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Description

Caption: Papyrus Fragments Inscribed with Text Written in Pahlavi, 1st millennium B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 10 13/16 x 15 9/16 in. (27.5 x 39.5 cm) Largest Fragment: 11 13/16 x 12 5/16 in. (30 x 31.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Theodora Wilbour, 35.1452. (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 fragmentary papyrus with hieratic inscriptions.

The image depicts a damaged piece of papyrus with hieratic script written in black ink. The composition consists of several dispersed pieces, with a main large fragment and several smaller ones. The script appears to be written in vertical columns and the condition of the papyrus suggests significant age and wear, with frayed and missing sections.

hieroglyphic only New Kingdom fragmentary
Materials papyrus
Signs Re (sun god) ×3 Ankh ×2

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 35.1452 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 45058 tier-2
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