The Wilbour Papyrus
Description
Caption: The Wilbour Papyrus, ca. 1147 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 13 x 18 1/8 in. (33 x 46 cm) Object: 11 1/8 x 16 5/16 in. (28.2 x 41.5 cm) Total length of 34.5596.1-.33: 406 11/16 in. (10.33 m). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.5596.17. (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 text in a columnar format.
The artifact is a fragmentary papyrus containing multiple columns of text. The document appears to be administrative or literary, showcasing extensive use of hieratic script. The composition is characterized by parallel rows, indicative of structured textual content. Despite the damage, the preserved areas show clear and consistent textual alignment, with evidence of scribal expertise.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.5596.17 tier-2
- BKM-Object 152134 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.