The Wilbour Papyrus
Description
Caption: The Wilbour Papyrus, ca. 1147 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 11 13/16 x 18 1/8 in. (30 x 46 cm) Object: 10 7/16 x 16 1/4 in. (26.5 x 41.2 cm) Total length of 34.5596.1-.33: 406 11/16 in. (10.33 m). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.5596.10. (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 papyrus with handwritten text.
The image shows fragmented pieces of papyrus with cursive script written in black ink. The text is arranged in columns, indicative of formal record-keeping or documentation. The style suggests it might be from a later period in Egyptian history, where papyrus was commonly used for administrative purposes. The fragments are mounted for preservation, with visible tears and missing sections.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.5596.10 tier-2
- BKM-Object 152127 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.