Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus
Fragments from a Book of the Dead
Description
Caption: Fragments from a Book of the Dead, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 12 3/16 x 13 1/2 in. (31 x 34.3 cm) Largest Fragment: 3 13/16 x 10 3/8 in. (9.7 x 26.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1787E. (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.
Fragmented ancient papyrus with hieratic inscriptions.
The artifact is a fragmented papyrus featuring numerous rows of hieratic script. The style suggests an administrative or literary document, with vertical columns of text on a pale background. The fragments are mounted for preservation and analysis, indicating their fragile condition.
hieroglyphic only
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
papyrus
Signs
unknown ×50
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1787E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118307 tier-2
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