Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic and Greek
Description
Caption: Papyrus Fragments Inscribed in Demotic and Greek, 664 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Papyrus, ink, Glass: 10 1/4 x 8 1/16 in. (26 x 20.5 cm) Largest Fragment: 1 5/16 x 2 9/16 in. (3.4 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.43. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A framed display of multiple small papyrus fragments laid out on a light background, with portions of handwritten ink text visible in several places.
The image shows a rectangular, museum-style mount containing numerous irregular papyrus pieces of varying sizes. Most fragments display dark ink marks arranged in lines; some strips and larger fragments retain more continuous text, while others are too fragmentary to read confidently. The ink appears distributed across the fragments, with both horizontal and slightly angled groupings of signs. No clear cartouche, complete Greek alphabet, Coptic, or Arabic script is legible at this resolution. The fragments are laid out to show the distribution of inscriptions across different pieces rather than a single continuous sheet.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.218.43 tier-2
- BKM-Object 60685 tier-2
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- 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.
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