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 5/8 x 16 15/16 in. (27 x 43 cm) Total length of 34.5596.1-.33: 406 11/16 in. (10.33 m). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.5596.29. (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.
An ancient Egyptian papyrus with multiple columns of hieratic text.
The artifact is a papyrus document featuring several columns of text written in hieratic script, the cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphs adapted for writing on papyrus. The papyrus is well-preserved with some frayed edges and missing sections. The writings appear to be administrative or literary in nature, typical of bureaucratic records or instructive texts. The papyrus has a light brown hue with ink that has darkened over time.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.5596.29 tier-2
- BKM-Object 152146 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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