The Wilbour Papyrus
Description
Caption: The Wilbour Papyrus, ca. 1147 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 15 3/4 x 18 1/8 in. (40 x 46 cm) Largest Fragment: 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 in. (16.8 x 26 cm) Total length of 34.5596.1-.33: 406 11/16 in. (10.33 m). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.5596.4. (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 papyrus with visible hieratic script.
The image shows a fragmented papyrus, likely a document of bureaucratic or administrative nature. The text is written in a clear hieratic script, with several columns of small, dense writing. The papyrus displays significant wear and tear, typical of ancient documents, with large missing sections. The fragments are adhered to a modern backing for preservation.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.5596.4 tier-2
- BKM-Object 152121 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.