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On Weights and Measures
De mensuris et ponderibus
Written in 392, probably in Constantinopolis (now Istanbul, Turkey).
A handbook on the Bible: its versions, measures and places.
Treatise · first written in Greek (whole text only in Syriac) · a major work
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How we know the date and place
- Date written sure
- He names the consuls of 392 (Dean, Epiphanius' Treatise on Weights and Measures, 1935)
- Place written probable
- Written at Constantinople for a Persian priest (Dean 1935)