The Wilbour Papyrus
Description
Caption: The Wilbour Papyrus, ca. 1147 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 11 7/16 x 18 1/8 in. (29 x 46 cm) Object: 10 1/16 x 16 1/8 in. (25.6 x 41 cm) Total length of 34.5596.1-.33: 406 11/16 in. (10.33 m). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.5596.8. (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 ancient Egyptian papyrus with cursive text.
The artifact is a fragmentary papyrus document displaying numerous lines of cursive text. The writing is organized in horizontal rows, characteristic of administrative or literary texts. The papyrus shows signs of aging and damage, with several missing or faded sections. It appears to be preserved under glass, indicating its archaeological significance.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.5596.8 tier-2
- BKM-Object 152125 tier-2
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- 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.