Mathematics, metrology, and model contracts: a codex from late antique business education (P. Math.)

Roger S Bagnall; Jonathan Ben-Dov; Jacco Dieleman; Justin Dombrowski; Erik Hermans; Alexander Jones; Katja Kosova; Zoë Misiewicz; Mathieu Ossendrijver

Mathematics, metrology, and model contracts: a codex from late antique business education (P. Math.)

Roger S Bagnall (Editor), Jonathan Ben-Dov, Jacco Dieleman, Justin Dombrowski, Erik Hermans, Alexander Jones (Editor), Katja Kosova (Editor), Zoë Misiewicz (Editor), Mathieu Ossendrijver

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Abstract

"Mathematics, Metrology, and Model Contracts is a comprehensive edition and commentary of a late antique codex. The codex contains mathematical problems, metrological tables, and model contracts. Given the nature of the contents, the format, and quality of the Greek, the editors conclude that the codex most likely belonged to a student in a school devoted to training business agents and similar professionals. The editors present here the first full scholarly edition of the text, with complete discussions of the provenance, codicology, and philology of the surviving manuscript. They also provide extensive notes and illustrations for the mathematical problems and model contracts, as well as historical commentary on what this text reveals about late antique numeracy, literacy, education, and vocational training in what we would now see as business, law, and administration"--

Original language	English
Place of Publication	New York
Number of pages	193
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479801770
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Name	ISAW monographs
Publisher	Institute for the Study of the Ancient World; New York University Press

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Greek paleography
Greek papyri
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
Mathematics -- Early works to 1800
Paleography, Greek
Papyri, Greek

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