{"product_id":"mathematics-metrology-and-model-contracts-roger-s-bagnall-9781479801763","title":"Mathematics, Metrology, and Model Contracts: A Codex from Late Antique Business Education (P.Math.)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive edition and commentary of a late antique codex\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMathematics, Metrology, and Model Contracts \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book will be of interest to papyrologists and scholars who are interested in the history and culture of late antiquity, the history of education, literacy, the ancient economy, and the history of science and mathematics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger S. Bagnall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479801763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479801763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 8.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Roger S. Bagnall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43991446061311,"sku":"9781479801763","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e77f78f-bbb2-4376-bda1-4682c3604d9d.jpg?v=1683310342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mathematics-metrology-and-model-contracts-roger-s-bagnall-9781479801763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}