List of figures Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition Plates Introduction: history and papyri 1 The culture of papyrus 2 Ancient and modern choices in documentation Languages and scripts Who wrote what Survival of papyri Restoring and using damaged papyri 3 Particular and general Understanding individual documents Archives and dossiers Museum archaeology Synthesizing dispersed texts Joining papyri to other evidence 4 Time and place Stratifying material A broader Mediterranean context Province and empire The chronological axis 5 Quantification Patterns of land ownership Textile production Wine production Demography Religious conversion Mathematics and networks 6 Asking questions Other ancient texts Anthropology and the papyri Post-colonial studies and Ptolemaic Egypt Gender studies and the papyri Papyri and the history of emotions New Institutional Economics 7 The digital revolution Failing cheaply The impact of digital imaging Digital resources and onomastics 8 Continuity and renewal The durability of philology The challenge of a larger context Limits and prospects Works cited in the text and notes General bibliography Index of subjects Index of texts cited other evidence 4 Time and place Stratifying material A broader Mediterranean context Province and empire The chronological axis 5 Quantification Patterns of land ownership Textile production Wine production Demography Religious conversion Mathematics and networks 6 Asking questions Other ancient texts Anthropology and the papyri Post-colonial studies and Ptolemaic Egypt Gender studies and the papyri Papyri and the history of emotions New Institutional Economics 7 The digital revolution Failing cheaply The impact of digital imaging Digital resources and onomastics 8 Continuity and renewal The durability of philology The challenge of a larger context Limits and prospects Works cited in the text and notes General bibliography Index of subjects Index of texts cited 7 The digital revolution Failing cheaply The impact of digital imaging Digital resources and onomastics 8 Continuity and renewal The durability of philology The challenge of a larger context Limits and prospects Works cited in the text and notes General bibliography Index of subjects Index of texts cited.