Epiphanius' Treatise on Weights and Measures: The Syriac Version Edited by James Elmer Dean

Edited by James Elmer Dean
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The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization No. 11

On Weights and Measures is a historical, lexical, metrological, and geographical treatise compiled in 392 AD in Constantia by Epiphanius od Salamis (c. 315–403). The greater part of the work is devoted to a discussion on Greek and Roman weights and measures.

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Year: 1935, First Edition

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