Library Epiphanius On Weights and Measures
Colophon
84. Here we arrive at the end of our writing for you, O lover of the good.
The end of the discourse of Saint Epiphanius, bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, concerning weights and measures and numbers and certain other explanations (of things) found in the divine Scriptures.
Praise be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, now and always, forever and forever. Amen.
And from John, the sinner, who has written, be thanksgiving to our Lord and God Jesus Christ forever!
And [this] bo[ok] was completed on the twenty-ninth day of .... [in the year] nine hundred sixty- .... of Alexander, in the da[ys of the] God-[fearing] (men), famous for [excellent deportment], the abbot Mar Leonti[us] .... and the steward and chorepiscopus Mar .... sinaja,[626] in the [holy] monastery of our congregation of Hjn' [627] .... Mar Philip hft [628] .... of the presbyters, Mar Con[stantine] and Mar T'. . . . , Paul tj.....[629]
English translation by James Elmer Dean, Epiphanius’ Treatise on Weights and Measures: The Syriac Version (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1935). Public domain in the United States (copyright not renewed). Digital text via Roger Pearse / tertullian.org.