Socio-economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris

Lena Tambs, Ph.D. (2020), University of Cologne, is a postdoctoral researcher at the CoE in Ancient Near Eastern Empires, University of Helsinki. Her most recent article is ‘Ancient Archives and Network Models: The Case of Pathyris (ca. 165-88 BCE)’ (2020).

• PrefaceList of IllustrationsAbbreviations1 Introduction1 Main Objectives2 Choosing the Case Study and Defining Research Boundaries3 The Structure of the Work4 Notes on Readability2 Contextualisation1 The Geographical Area of Focus2 Historical Contextualisation3 The Army of the Ptolemies4 The Inhabitants of Ptolemaic Pathyris5 The Bilingual Character of the Community3 Theories and Methods1 Interdisciplinarity in Egyptological Research2 Main Methodological Approach (Social Network Analysis)3 Zigzagging between Methodological Approaches4 Theoretical Framework (Social and Economic Analysis)4 The Source Material and Data Collection Process1 Archaeological Evidence2 Written Sources3 Incorporated Material4 From Texts to Networks5 Notes on Data Collection and Conventions5 The Archives as 2-Mode and 1-Mode Networks1 2-Mode and 1-Mode Network Models of the Ancient Archives2 Notes on the Possibilities and Limitations of the Source Material6 The Source Material in Comparative and Whole Network Perspectives1 Comparing the 2-Mode Models of People in Texts2 The Sources Modelled as an Interarchival 2-Mode Whole Network7 Interpersonal Ties in Comparative, Whole Network and Diachronic Perspectives1 Comparing the 1-Mode Models of Interpersonal Relationships2 The Pathyris Community Modelled as a 1-Mode Whole Network3 Diachronic Analysis of the Community Model8 Social and Economic Life in Ptolemaic Pathyris1 The Physical Landscape2 The Socio-economic Landscape3 Social and Economic Life in Ptolemaic Pathyris4 Concluding Remarks on Community Life in Ptolemaic Pathyris9 Assessing (Social) Network Analysis as a Historical Method1 Strengths and Shortcomings of Historical (Social) Network Analysis2 Strengths and Shortcomings of the Studied Source Material3 Strengths and Shortcomings of the Applied Methodology4 The Relevance of (S)NA Research for (Micro)historical Studies of the Past10 Conclusions1 The Main Objectives of the Research Project2 Final Conclusions3 Future PerspectivesBibliographyIndices