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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)