THE FRACTIONAL AND COLLECTIVE NUMERALS IN CUSTOMS BOOKS OF THE 17TH CENTURY

The article deals with analysis of the monuments of the 17th century presented by customs books. The purpose of the study is to identify and analyze the fractional and collective numbers based on the material of business writing. In the process of studying the monuments the following methods are used: descriptive, comparative-historical ones, because the Ancient Russian form of the identified examples was restored, as well as the statistical method, because examples are accompanied by an indication of their frequency consumption. As a result of the analysis of customs books of the 17th century, 78 numerals are identified and studied.