Occupations and naming trends in first-century Tebtunis and Philadelphia
Occupations and naming trends in first-century Tebtunis and Philadelphia

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the naming practices, titles, and trends which were commonly used within certain occupations and associations in the Arsinoite villages of Tebtunis and Philadelphia in the first century AD. The main evidence is provided by two contemporary archives: the record-office archive of Kronion from Tebtunis and the Nemesion archive from Philadelphia. The aim of this analysis is twofold: first, to assess how far naming trends and titles were typical of specific occupations; second, to determine whether such an onomastic approach can be used more broadly to provide us with a better understanding of the realities of occupations and work in Roman Egypt.

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