{"slug":"epcyprmp-epcyp","id":"georgian:titus:epcyprmp-epcyp","title":"Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","author":"Epiph.Cypr.","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"georgian","coverage":"none","publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T00:21:52Z","cost_usd":0.002016},"source":{"registry_id":"georgian:titus:epcyprmp-epcyp","work_id":"epcyprmp-epcyp","edition":"titus","language":"","license":"This text is part of the TITUS edition of Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 12.12.2008. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"},"stats":{"passages":3,"english_words":532,"coptic_letters":0,"commentary_units":16,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":2,"ambiguities":6,"work_notes":4,"external_links":0,"timeline":3},"summary":{"work":"epcyprmp-epcyp","abstract":"The Georgian version (vs. B) of the metrological treatise De mensuribus et ponderibus, attributed to Epiphanius of Cyprus, lists biblical and ancient measures with their equivalents. The text survives in a single manuscript witness, likely from the 10th–11th centuries, reflecting the reception of patristic learning in Georgian monastic tradition. The attribution to Epiphanius (c. 315–403) is traditional but uncertain; the work may be a later compilation. The Georgian version cannot be dated more precisely than the manuscript's estimated age. This edition provides the Old Georgian text and a modern English translation but does not include a critical apparatus or a full collation with the Greek Vorlage.","historical_context":"The work is a metrological treatise attributed to Epiphanius of Cyprus, listing biblical and ancient measures with their equivalents. The Georgian version (vs. B) is a translation from a Greek original. The Georgian text survives in a single manuscript witness, likely from the 10th–11th centuries, reflecting the reception of patristic learning in the Georgian monastic tradition. The attribution to Epiphanius (c. 315–403) is traditional but uncertain; the work may be a later compilation. The Georgian version cannot be dated more precisely than the manuscript's estimated age. The preface includes the legend of the Septuagint translation, transmitted via the Shatberd Codex, indicating the text's role in transmitting biblical lore within Georgian ecclesiastical circles.","significance":"The Georgian version of Epiphanius's treatise is significant for the study of metrological traditions in early Christian literature and for the reception of Greek patristic works in the Georgian monastic world. It preserves a unique witness to the transmission of biblical measures and the Septuagint legend in a non-Greek context, contributing to our understanding of cross-cultural exchange in medieval Christianity.","timeline":[{"date":"4th c.","event":"Probable composition of Greek original attributed to Epiphanius of Cyprus (c. 315–403)."},{"date":"10th–11th c.","event":"Estimated date of the sole surviving Georgian manuscript witness."},{"date":"undated","event":"Translation of the Greek original into Old Georgian, likely in a Georgian monastic center."}],"relations":[{"work":"Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (Greek original)","relation":"source text for the Georgian version","key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"},{"work":"Letter of Aristeas","relation":"shared legendary account of the Septuagint's origin","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Shatberd Codex","relation":"manuscript transmitting the Georgian version","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["Attribution to Epiphanius is traditional but uncertain; the work may be a later compilation.","The Georgian version cannot be dated more precisely than the manuscript's estimated age (10th–11th centuries).","The text survives in a single manuscript witness, limiting textual criticism.","The edition lacks a critical apparatus or full collation with the Greek Vorlage."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000356,"generated":"2026-11-15T00:21:52Z"},"checks":{"work":"epcyprmp-epcyp","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":3,"translated":3,"commentary_passages":3,"commentary_units":16,"english_words":532,"source_letters":2469,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work is a metrological treatise attributed to Epiphanius of Cyprus, listing biblical and ancient measures with their equivalents. 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The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 3 narrative."},{"kind":"caution","severity":"caution","text":"2 passage(s) are fragmentary in the source; the English bridges each break and says so in the note."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 12.12.2008. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder."}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":3},"term_index":[],"citations":{"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp":{"label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"Hyperlinks refer to the text variant contained in the Shatberd Codex. თქუმული წმიდისა და ნეტარისა მამისა ჩუენისა ეპიფანე კჳპრელ ეპისკოპოსისა. თხრობაჲ და უწყებაჲ ყოველთა მათ წიგნთა რომელნი შეკრიბნა მეფემან. პტოლემეოსის <ზე> თარგმანებაჲ მათი.\n\nჯერ არს ჩუენდა თარგმანებაჲ ძუჱლისა შჯულისა წიგნთა-ცა გამოცხადებად თქუენდა, რაჲმეთუ სარგებელ არს თქუენდა მათი-ცა მეცნიერებაჲ რაჲთა იცოდეთ თუ ვიეთნი იყვნედ ანუ ვინანი და ვინ მიზეზ იქმნა თარგმანებისა მათისა, და ვიეთ პირველად გამოთარგმანეს საღმრთოჲნი წიგნნი ებრაელებრით ბერძენთა ენად. და სამეოცდაათორმეტთა კაცთა ებრაელთა პირველად გამოთარგმანეს პტოლემეოსის ზე მეფისა, რომელნი გამოირჩივნეს ათორმეტთა მათგან ნათესავთა ისრაჱლისთა. ექუს ექუსი კაცი თ[ითოეულისა]გან ნათესავისა რიცხჳთ ო^ბ . და ესე არს სახელი [მათი]: ნათესავისაგან რუბენისი, იოსეპოს, ეზეკ[იელ], მალაქია, ი<ეს>ე, ეზეკიას, ელისე. ნათესავისაგან სიმონისა, იუდა, სჳმონ, სამოელ, ადადვიაზ, მატთეოს, სელემიაჲ. ნათესავისაგან ლევისა, ნეემიაჲ, იოსეფ, თევდოსიოს, ბისეას, ონნია, დაკის. ნათესავისაგან იუდა<ჲ>სა, იონათან, აბრეოზ, ელისე, ანანია. ზაქარია, ქელკა. ნათესავისაგან იზაქარის[ა], სალკოროს, იაკობ, იენნეოს, საბატეოს, სჳმეონ, ლევი. ნათესავისაგან ზაბულონისა, იუდა, იოსებ, სჳმეონ, ზაქარია, სამოელ, სელემია.","english":"The discourse of the holy and blessed father of ours, Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus. The narration and information concerning all those books which the king assembled. The translation of them under Ptolemy.\n\nFirst it is necessary for us to set forth the translation of the books of the Old Law for your revelation, for the knowledge of them is beneficial to you, so that you may know which ones they were, or who they were, and who became the cause of their translation, and when first the divine books were translated from Hebrew into the Greek language. And the seventy-two Hebrew men first translated them under King Ptolemy, who were chosen from the twelve tribes of Israel. Six men from each tribe, in number seventy-two. And this is their name: from the tribe of Ruben: Josephus, Ezekiel, Malachi, Jesse, Hezekiah, Elisha. From the tribe of Simeon: Judah, Simon, Samuel, Adadviyaz, Matthew, Selemiya. From the tribe of Levi: Nehemiah, Joseph, Theodosius, Biseas, Onnias, Dakis. From the tribe of Judah: Jonathan, Abreoz, Elisha, Ananias, Zechariah, Kelka. From the tribe of Issachar: Salkoros, Jacob, Jennaios, Sabateos, Symeon, Levi. From the tribe of Zebulun: Judah, Joseph, Symeon, Zechariah, Samuel, Selemiya.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"თქუმული ... თხრობაჲ და უწყებაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The opening formula identifies the work as a discourse (თქუმული) and a narration (თხრობაჲ) with information (უწყებაჲ), typical of a preface in the Georgian reception of Epiphanius's treatise on weights and measures.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"პტოლემეოსის <ზე>","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Ptolemy (Ptolemy II Philadelphus) and the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek by seventy-two elders is the core of the Letter of Aristeas, a legendary account of the Septuagint's origin.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"text","lemma":"სამეოცდაათორმეტთა კაცთა","severity":"info","text":"The number seventy-two (სამეოცდაათორმეტ) and the selection of six men from each of the twelve tribes reflect the standard Septuagint legend, here transmitted in Georgian via the Shatberd Codex.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"თარგმანებაჲ","severity":"info","text":"The term 'თარგმანებაჲ' (t'argmanebay) means 'translation' and is used repeatedly to describe the process of rendering the Hebrew books into Greek, a key concept in this preface.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ნათესავისაგან ... იუდა<ჲ>სა","severity":"caution","text":"The list of translators from the tribe of Judah is incomplete in the Georgian text, with only six names given but the formula 'from the tribe of Judah' followed by a lacuna or abbreviation; the English draft supplies six names.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The Georgian text has a lacuna or abbreviation in the list for the tribe of Judah, where the English draft supplies six names; the exact reading is uncertain.","The phrase 'პტოლემეოსის <ზე>' may be a scribal insertion or correction, indicating uncertainty about the preposition."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ნათესავისაგან გადისა, საბატეოს. იაკობ. სედეკია, ისაფროს, ისიას, საბეთეოს. ნათესავისაგან ასერისა, თევდოსიოს. იაზონ, იესუს. თევდოტოს, იოჰანე, იოსათამ. ნათესავისაგან დანისა, თეოფილე, აბრამოს, არსანიას, იასონ, ენდემია, დანიელ. ნათესავისა ნეფთალემისა, იერემია, ელიაზარ, ზაქარია, ბენი[ას], ელისე, მატთეოს. ნათესავისაგან იოსებისა, სამოელ, იოსებ, იუდა, იონან, ქალებ, დესთეოს. ნათესავისაგან ბენიამენისა, ისალონ, იოჰანნე, თევდოსიოს, არსამა, აბიტეოს, ეზეკიელ. ესე არიან სახელნი სამეოცდაათორმეტთა მათ თარგმანთანი რომელთა პტოლემეოსის ზე მეფისა წიგნები გამოთარგმნეს. აწ რაჲთა მიზეზი-ცა იგი თარგმანებისა მის გამოუცხადო ყოველთა, რომელ იგი შემდგომად პირველისა მის პტოლემეოსისა, მეორე პტოლემეოს მეფობდა ალექსანდრიას რომელი იწოდა ძმათ-მოყუარე კეთილის-მოყუარე კაცი სიბრძნის-მოყუარე, რომელმან საწიგნენი განჰმზადნა და შეკრიბნნა ყოველნი წიგნნი რომელ არიან ქუეყანასა ზედა, მიწერა წიგნი და გულის-მოდგინე ყვნა ყოველნი მეფენი ქუეყანისანი და ყოველნი ჴელმწიფენი და მწიგნობარნი რომელნი ჴელსა ქუჱშე მისსა იყვნეს, რაჲთა არა უდებ ყონ მოძღურებად მისსა ყოველნი წიგნნი სიტყჳს-მეცნიერთა და ჴელოვანთა და ბრძენთა და მკურნალთა და გამომეძიებელთა და სხუაჲ თუ რაჲმე წიგნები.","english":"From the tribe of Gad: Sabateos, Jacob, Sedekia, Isaphros, Isias, Sabetheos. From the tribe of Asher: Theodosios, Jason, Jesus, Theodotos, John, Josaphat. From the tribe of Dan: Theophile, Abraham, Arsania, Jason, Endemia, Daniel. From the tribe of Naphtali: Jeremiah, Eleazar, Zacharia, Benias, Eliseus, Matthew. From the tribe of Joseph: Samuel, Joseph, Judah, Jonan, Caleb, Destheos. From the tribe of Benjamin: Isalon, John, Theodosios, Arsama, Abiteos, Ezekiel. These are the names of the seventy-two translators who translated the books under King Ptolemy. Now, in order to reveal to all the cause of that translation, after that first Ptolemy, a second Ptolemy reigned in Alexandria, who was called Philadelphus, a lover of good, a lover of wisdom, who prepared libraries and gathered together all the books that exist in the world. He wrote a letter and made diligent all the kings of the world and all the rulers and scribes who were under his authority, so that they would not be negligent in sending to him all the books of the rhetoricians, the artisans, the wise men, the physicians, the investigators, and any other books.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ნათესავისაგან ...","severity":"info","text":"The passage lists translators by tribe, then shifts to a narrative about Ptolemy II Philadelphus. This structural break marks the transition from catalogue to historical explanation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"სამეოცდაათორმეტთა","severity":"info","text":"The Georgian term 'samedaatorimet' means 'seventy-two', matching the traditional number of Septuagint translators. This confirms the passage's reliance on the Letter of Aristeas tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ძმათ-მოყუარე","severity":"info","text":"The epithet 'brother-loving' (Philadelphus) for Ptolemy II is standard in Hellenistic historiography. The Georgian text adds 'lover of good' and 'lover of wisdom', expanding the king's virtues.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ჴელმწიფენი","severity":"info","text":"The Georgian term 'khelmtsp'ip'eni' (rulers) and 'mts'ignobarni' (scribes) reflects the administrative hierarchy of the Georgian translation's milieu, adapting the Ptolemaic context to local institutions.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"საბატეოს","severity":"caution","text":"The name 'Sabateos' (from Gad) is unattested in standard Septuagint translator lists; it may be a corruption or a variant. The Georgian text's list of names shows signs of scribal transmission errors.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The list of translator names contains several hapax legomena (e.g., 'Isaphros', 'Endemia', 'Destheos') whose identification with known figures is uncertain.","The phrase 'ჴელსა ქუჱშე მისსა' (under his hand/authority) is ambiguous: it may mean 'under his rule' or 'in his possession'."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"lacuna","severity":"caution","text":"The source is fragmentary here: the edition marks a break or an editorial bracket, and the English carries across it. Treat the bridge as supplied, not translated."}]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"და ვითარცა საქმე იგი განემარჯუა და წიგნები ყოვლისაგან სოფლისა შეკრიბა, ჰკითხა მეფემან რომელსა იგი საწიგნე არწმუნა. დღესა ერთსა, და თქუა მას: \"თუ რაჲოდენი წიგნი შეკრებული ძეს საწიგნესა მას შინა\". ხოლო მან მიუგო მეფესა მას და ჰრქუა: \"არს ოთხი ბევრი და ოთხათას და რვაასი წიგნები გინა უმეტეს გინა უმცრო. ხოლო გუესმის თუ არს-ღა წიგნები ეთიოპით კერძო და ინდოეთით და სპარსეთით ელამიტით ბაბილონით ასურელით და ქალდაჲთ, ფინიკიაჲთ და ელამაჲთ. ხოლო იერუსალჱმით და ჰურიასტანს არიან საღმრთოჲნი წიგნნი წინაჲსწარმეტყუელთანი რომელნი გჳთხრობენ ღმრთისასა და სოფლისა დაბადებასა\". აწ უკუჱ სათნოჲ არს შენისა მეფობისა, წარავლინე მათთჳს-ცა და მიწერე რომელნი იერუსალჱმს არიან მოძღუარნი და მოგიძღუანონ რაჲთა იგი-ცა დავდვა შენისა კეთილად მსახურებისაჲ საწიგნესა.","english":"And when that work was accomplished and he had gathered books from all over the world, the king asked the one to whom he had entrusted the library. One day he said to him: \"How many books have been collected in that library?\" And he answered the king and said: \"There are four thousand eight hundred books, more or less. But we hear that there are still books from Ethiopia, and from India, and from Persia, from Elam, from Babylon, from Assyria and Chaldea, from Phoenicia and from Elam. But in Jerusalem and in Judea there are the divine books of the prophets which tell us of the creation of God and of the world. Now if it pleases your majesty, send for them and write to those who are the teachers in Jerusalem, so that they may guide you, that I may also place them in the library for your good service.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"და ვითარცა საქმე იგი განემარჯუა","severity":"info","text":"The opening phrase 'And when that work was accomplished' refers to the completion of the translation of the Septuagint, as narrated in the preceding passage of the Letter of Aristeas.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"საწიგნე","severity":"info","text":"The Georgian term 'sats'igne' (library) corresponds to the Greek βιβλιοθήκη. The king's question about the number of books echoes the legendary account of the Library of Alexandria.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ეთიოპით ... ინდოეთით ... სპარსეთით","severity":"info","text":"The list of regions (Ethiopia, India, Persia, Elam, Babylon, Assyria, Chaldea, Phoenicia) reflects the known world of Hellenistic geography, as found in the Letter of Aristeas, and is not a historical record of the library's holdings.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ღმრთისასა და სოფლისა დაბადებასა","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the creation of God and of the world' likely alludes to the Book of Genesis, the first of the prophetic books mentioned, which recounts creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"წარავლინე ... მიწერე","severity":"info","text":"The king's instruction to send for books from Jerusalem and Judea reflects the Georgian reception of the Letter of Aristeas, which emphasizes the authority of the Hebrew scriptures and the Septuagint translation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ოთხი ბევრი და ოთხათას და რვაასი","severity":"caution","text":"The number 'four thousand eight hundred' is a textual variant; the Greek tradition often gives 200,000 or other figures. The Georgian text may reflect a scribal error or a different source tradition.","cites":[{"key":"ed:epcyprmp-epcyp","label":"source edition: Epiphanius Cyprensis, De mensuribus et ponderibus (vs. B)","url":"https://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcs/cauc/ageo/epcyprmp/epcyp.htm"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The number of books (4,800) is uncertain and may be a corruption; the phrase 'more or less' (გინა უმეტეს გინა უმცრო) indicates approximation.","The repetition of 'Elam' (ელამაჲთ and ელამაჲთ) may be a scribal duplication or refer to two distinct regions (Elam and Elymais)."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}