The Wilbour Papyrus
Description
Caption: The Wilbour Papyrus, ca. 1147 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 12 3/16 x 18 1/8 in. (31 x 46 cm) Object: 10 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. (26 x 42.5 cm) Total length of 34.5596.1-.33: 406 11/16 in. (10.33 m). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.5596.18. (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 fragmented ancient papyrus with black ink inscriptions.
The image depicts an ancient papyrus document, characterized by its light brown color and fibrous texture. The text is written in black ink, arranged in horizontal lines. The papyrus is fragmentary, with several missing sections. The handwriting reflects a formal script, potentially hieratic or a related script, common for administrative or literary texts.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.5596.18 tier-2
- BKM-Object 152135 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.