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(ξέστης/xéstēs). From the turn from the 3rd cent. BC to the 2nd onwards, the term xestes is recorded as a Greek term for the Roman sextarius , a fluid and dry measure of capacity (= c. 0.546 l) corresponding to ¹/₄₈ of an amphora [2], ¹/₆ of a congius or 2 heminae , 4 quartarii and 12 cyathi . In late Antiquity Egypt, 72 xestai/sextarii corresponded to an artábē, which was subdivided into 48 choínikes. Hence a choínix can be equated with 1¹/₂ xestai/sextarii.

Sextarius (with table)

Schulzki, Heinz-Joachim (Mannheim)