This is a simple tool for scraping data from the Trismegistos database
The scraped data for Demotic texts are stored in the repo, as well as a csv with the results. Use those to plot number of texts by date.
You can modify the script to scrape other sorts of data (e.g. Greek texts)
The method for generating the plot is adapted from:
- Van Beek, B., & Depauw, M. (2013). Quantifying Imprecisely Dated Sources: A New Inclusive Method for Charting Diachronic Change in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Ancient Society, 43, 101-114.