[publicclassics] Just published: Journal of Ancient Civilizations (JAC) 36/2 (2021)

[Prof. Dr. Sven Günther]

Journal of AncientCivilizations (JAC) 36/2, 2021

 With this fascicle,we celebrate IHAC and our current director, Professor Zhang Qiang. From 16 to17 January 2020, the international conference: “Ad Fontes Ipsos Properandum!Law, Economy, and Society in Ancient Sources” was held at our institute, intimes when conferences with physical presence were still possible (conferencereport: Sven Günther & Zhengyu Wang in H-Soz-Kult 25.02.2020,https://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/tagungsberichte-8655). Theparticipating scholars came from China and around the world, to celebrateIHAC’s 35th and its director’s 60th birthday. Five selected and double-blindpeer-reviewed papers are published here, all mirroring current developments inancient studies and especially so-called auxiliary sciences of history, topromote discussion about the future perspective of IHAC’s hallmark, thehistorical analysis and interpretation of source material. 

 Volume36/2, 2021

GUO, ZILONG:Republished Texts in the Attic Orators (139–172)

BERTI, IRENE:Delian Accountability and the Cost of Writing Materials (173–200)

GÜNTHER,ELISABETH: Pictorial Elements vs. Composition? “Reading” Gestures inComedy-related Vase-paintings (4th Century BC) (201–233)

KATÓ, PÉTER:Wealthy Koans around 200 BC in the Context of Hellenistic Social History (235–267)

SCHMIDT, STEFANIE:Early Roman Syene (1st to 2nd Century) – A Gate to the Red Sea? (269–297)

Abstracts (299–301)

  Zilong GUO (IHAC, NENU,Changchun)

REPUBLISHED TEXTS IN THE ATTIC ORATORS (pp. 139–172)

doi: 10.16785/j.cnki.1004-9371.2021.04.014

 In the present article, I explore the passages that are reused in theAttic orators, particularly those as transmitted in the judicial speeches byAntiphon and Demosthenes. I argue that the favorable reactions from theiraudiences or clients in the past legal cases are what encourage the orators toreuse, or republish, the passages, and that there is a tendency among them tomake modifications to suit changing socio-political circumstances and specificperformative contexts. The conclusion is that the republished texts highlightthe common practice of the logographers in Classical Athens, and thuscontribute to our understanding of their habitual way of writing and method ofself-promotion.

  Irene BERTI (PH Heidelberg)

DELIANACCOUNTABILITY AND THE COST 

OFWRITING MATERIALS (pp. 173–200)

doi: 10.16785/j.cnki.1004-9371.2021.04.015

 The article explores some practical aspects of record-keeping in theDelian accounts, focusing on the different materials used as writing media,particularly on the relation between records on perishable materials andaccounts written on stone. The financial administration of the Delian sanctuarywas particularly productive in respect of official writings. While the accountsinscribed on stone were meant to present a summative balance-sheet of allfinancial transactions carried out by the sanctuary during the year, papyrusand wooden tablets were used for monthly records and for the different parts ofthe financial administration. Analyzing the information offered by theinscriptions with regard to writing materials and their costs, the articleseeks to reconstruct what the different kinds of records looked like, comparingthem with the realia known from contemporary archeological contexts, and askshow they were acquired and produced, and whether there was a development overthe course of time. Contrary to the scholarly tendency to downplay theimportance of wooden tablets, the article argues that they were frequently usedby the public administration since they were cheap, easily available, and couldbe used to record accounts and contracts to be kept in the archive, as well asfor documents to be temporary exposed to the public. Conversely, the role ofpapyrus in the administrative writing was initially relatively limited.

  Elisabeth GÜNTHER (ClassicalArchaeology, University of Trier)

PICTORIAL ELEMENTS VS. COMPOSITION? “READING”GESTURES IN COMEDY-RELATED VASE-PAINTINGS (4TH CENTURY BC) 

(pp. 201–233)

doi: 10.16785/j.cnki.1004-9371.2021.04.016

 This paper examines the meanings and functions ofgestures in comedy-related vase-paintings produced in southern Italy and Sicilyduring the 4th century BC. It discusses to whatextent the gestures depicted in these images convey a specific meaning, and towhat extent their “reading” depends on the composition as a whole, i.e., thechoice, positioning, and cognitive framework of the pictorial elements such asfigures and objects. A first group of gestures indicates communication processesin “conversational” scenes usually with two figures. In these scenes, themeaning of gestures is of low importance, but their relative position withinthe composition displays which conversation partner dominates the other, oftenby inverting social hierarchies. The second group consists of more specificgestures that express strong and often negative emotions. They originate fromtragedy-related vase-paintings, and this incongruence between tragic gestureand comic context causes a comic effect. In general, gestures are just one partof the cognitive framework of comedy-related vase-paintings which refer tocomedy; however, they create a complex network of cognitive frames and thusevoke independent comic narratives.

  Péter KATÓ (Eötvös Loránd University,Budapest)

WEALTHY KOANS AROUND 200 BC IN THE CONTEXT 

OF HELLENISTIC SOCIAL HISTORY (pp. 235–267)

doi: 10.16785/j.cnki.1004-9371.2021.04.017

 This paper aims to evaluate the data relating to the Koan elite around200 BC, in the light of  general trendsof the post-Classical polis’s social history. The article first presentsprosopographical information regarding the top contributors of the famouswartime subscription list (IG XII 4, 1, 75–77), their relatives, as well asother contributors with more modest amounts of money who can nevertheless beidentified as rich, influential, and prominent members of the local community.The paper demonstrates the existence of an influential elite which exercisedits power mostly outside the framework of political offices (archai),through religious activities and priesthoods, patronage in associations, andinterstate connections. Furthermore, the paper identifies those factors thatlimited the influence of the elite: the instability of these families, thesustainment of democratic political institutions, and the tendency to emphasizecommunal efforts over individual benefactions – what is attested primarily bythe specific Koan epigraphic habit.

  Stefanie SCHMIDT (FU Berlin)

EARLY ROMAN SYENE (1ST TO 2ND CENTURY) – A GATE 

TO THE RED SEA? (pp. 269–297)

doi: 10.16785/j.cnki.1004-9371.2021.04.018

 Due to its strategic position at the First Cataract,Syene (modern Aswān) obtained a central position in transregional trade atEgypt’s border to the Meroitic kingdom. Archeological finds of Aswān potterythroughout Egypt and the Arabian Sea demonstrate, moreover, that Syene’seconomic outreach went far beyond a mere cross-border trade. Based on a newdiscussion of a well-known inscription by a paralēmptēs of the Red Seaand an ostracon from Pselkis, this paper aims at exploring to what extent earlyRoman Syene was also involved in trade carried out in the Red Sea and beyond.

 
Prof. Dr. phil. Sven Günther, M.A. Vice-director of the Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC)Executive editor-in-chief of the Journal of Ancient Civilizations (JAC)IHAC- and JAC-homepage: http://ihac.nenu.edu.cn Co-editor of the Marburger Beiträge zur Antiken Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (MBAH)  Institute for the History of Ancient Civilizations (IHAC) Northeast Normal University5268 Renmin Street130024 ChangchunJilin ProvincePeople's Republic of China   phone: +86 18843178024 Email: sveneca at aol.com / svenguenther at nenu.edu.cnHomepage: https://nenu-cn.academia.edu/SvenGünther
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