Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus

Papyrus Inscribed in Hieratic

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Description

Caption: Papyrus Inscribed in Hieratic, ca. 1292–1190 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 7 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (19.3 x 24.3 cm) Largest Fragment: 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (2.2 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.903E. (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.

Fragments of an ancient papyrus containing inscriptions.

The image depicts several fragments of papyrus, arranged within a frame. The fragments contain inscriptions in a script that appears to be Greek. The background is a plain color, likely used to highlight the papyrus pieces. The arrangement suggests an attempt to preserve the legibility of the text as much as possible.

photographic documentation Ptolemaic fragmentary
Materials papyrus
Visible text "ουδεῖς / κακοῦ"

Connections

Found at Thebes
Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.903E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117489 tier-2
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