Quantitative Social Network Analysis (SNA) and the Study of Cuneiform Archives: A Test-case based on the Murašû Archive

Abstract:Social Network Analysis (SNA) is increasingly applied to study archival data, including cuneiform archives, especially Neo and Late Babylonian materials. This paper demonstrates the use and potential of quantitative SNA by means of one example. A network based on 75 documents from the Murashu archive is constructed in order to show a computational, automatic procedure, that demonstrates the potential value of quantitave SNA to cuneiform studies

Publication year:2014

Accessibility:Closed

Review status:Peer-reviewed