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Sescuncia
(126 words)
[German version] (also
sescunx;
sesqui unciae = 1 1/2
unciae ). Roman unit for 1/8 of a larger whole. As a weight it equals 1/8 of a
libra [1] = 40.93 gr. (value mark I-L; AE 1968, 258), as a length, 1/8 of a
pes = 37 mm, as an area, 1/8 of a
iugerum = 315 m2. In the eastern Mediterranean the
sescuncia as a weight was also equal to 12 Attic drachmai (value mark I-B). In coinage, the
sescuncia corresponds to 1/8 of an
as , later also 1/8 of a
denarius . As a coin the
sescuncia is found in Venusia (SNG Munich, 1970, 550) and in Paestum (SNG Copenhagen, 1969, 1346). Schulzki, Heinz-Joachim (Mannheim) Bibliog…
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Hexas
(285 words)
[German version] (ἑξᾶς;
hexâs). Greek name for silver and
aes coins from Sicily and (more rarely) southern Italy worth 1/6
litra ; also called
dionkion, Latin equivalent
sextans , since the coin system used there was based on 12
unciae to the
litra. Value symbol: 2 dots. The extremely rare smallest silver coins (average weight 0.14 g) of this nominal are attested in Tarentum [5. 1117-1121], Acragas [2. 122], Himera [1. 30], Leontini [7. 1345], Messana [7. 326], Segesta [1. 48] and Syracuse [3. 373]. Owing to the non-uniform standard of the bronze
litra, the
aes coins have greatl…
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Groma
(227 words)
[German version] (Greek γνώμων;
gnṓmōn). Name of the Roman surveyors' device for determining straight lines and right angles when surveying a terrain. It consists of a pole about the height of a man (
ferramentum) and a rotatable cross of four horizontal rods (
stella) attached to it at right angles. On the four ends were attached plumb-lines (
perpendicula) almost down to the ground. The plumb attached to the centre point of the rotary cross (
umbilicus soli) was aligned above the measurement point by a slight slanting of the
ferramentum [3]. The application is known through Heron o…
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Metretes
(110 words)
[German version] (μετρητής;
metrētḗs) is the Greek name for the largest unit of measurement for fluids, synonymous with
kados , a volume of 12
chóai ( Chous [1]), corresponding to 144
kotýlai ( Kotyle [2]). It is equivalent to approximately 39,4 litres, according to Hultsch, whereas Nissen puts it at approximately 38,9 litres. Measures of Volume Schulzki, Heinz-Joachim (Mannheim) Bibliography
1 F. Hultsch, Griechische und römische Metrologie, 21882 (reprint 1971), 101f., 703 table X A
2 M. Lang, M. Crosby, Weights, Measures and Tokens (The Athenian Agora 10), 1964, 56ff.
3 H. Nissen, G…
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Kyathos
(159 words)
[German version] [1] See Pottery, shapes and types of see Pottery, shapes and types of Schulzki, Heinz-Joachim (Mannheim) [German version] [2] Measure of volume for fluids (κύαθος/
kýathos, Latin
cyathus; 'cup'); Graeco-Latin term for a measure of volume for fluids amounting to 1/6 kotyle [2] or 1/72 chous [1] in the Greek system [1. 104] and 1/12 sextarius or 1/576 amphora [2] [1. 117] in the Roman, equivalent to approx. 0.045 l. In the Roman system, the
cyathus was also a unit of measure for the ladle used to serve wine from the
krater into the drinking-cup [1. 118], the volume of …
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Ro
(44 words)
[German version] (
r, literally 'cup') is an Egyptian measure of capacity for fluids and dry goods at 1/32 Hin (
c. 0,48 l) and corresponds to
c. 0,015 l. Schulzki, Heinz-Joachim (Mannheim) Bibliography
1 W. Helck, S. Vleming, s. v. Maße u. Gewichte, LÄ 3, 1201 f.
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Kypros
(2,178 words)
(Cyprus) [German version] [1] [German version] I. Neolithic I (Khirokitia culture, c. 7000-6000 BC) and II (Sotira culture, 4500-3900 BC) The settlement of K. (for the history see also Cyprus II) began relatively late and differed significantly from that of the neighbouring regions Anatolia, Syria, and Palestine. While small groups of hunter-gatherers there gradually became settled farmers around 9000/8000 BC, the earliest inhabitants of the island of K. were, from the beginning, farmers, herders, hunters, and fis…
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Stadion
(1,137 words)
(στάδιον;
stádion). [German version] [1] Unit of length (Doric σπάδιον/
spádion). Greek unit of length equal to 6
pléthra (
pléthron ; cf. Hdt. 2,149,3) or 600
pous (foot). Depending on the underlying standard of the foot (
pous), this corresponds to a length of
c. 162-210 m; the Attic
stadion is equal to 186 m. The stadion for the race at Olympia had a length of 192.3 m, at Delphi 177.3 m, at Epidaurus 181.3 m, and at Athens 184.3 m. 8
stadia correspond approximately to 1 Roman mile (
mille passus) of 1500 m. In Greek literature, larger distances are generally indicated in
stádia; if other…
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Measure of volume
(1,573 words)
[German version] I. Ancient Orient Measures of volume were used to measure liquids and especially grain and other bulk solids (dates, etc.). Therefore, they were employed in the administration of grain, including the issuing of rations. According to cuneiform sources, ordinary measuring vessels (especially the
sea) were made of wood. Special measures for liquids can only be identified locally with a standard ‘vessel’ usually containing 20 or 30 litres. Despite all temporal and local differences, a relatively constant absolute size of the small unit (Sumerian sìla, Akkadian
qû = c.…
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Modius
(595 words)
Roman surname. [German version] [1] M., Q. Horse breeder Cited by Varro (Rust. 2,7,1) as a distinguished horse breeder. His (probably invented)
cognomen Equicolus, which indicates this activity, may have been interpreted by Varro as
Aequicolus, so that a later period reveals a Septimus M. as the first king of the Aequiculi (Lib. de praenominibus 1). Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) [German version] [2] M. Fabidius Founder of the city of Cures Son of a virgin of the Aborigines who comes to dance in the sanctuary of Quirinus in the territory of Reate, but is then seized…
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Measures
(1,991 words)
[German version] I. Ancient Orient Although the different basic measurement systems (length, measures of volume and weights) were created and defined independently of each other, at least in Mesopotamia relationships between them were established. In the Ancient Orient as elsewhere, the terms for measures of length were based on body parts (cubit, palm and finger widths), however, the foot was not used as a basic measure of length. Regional and temporal differences must be considered. The Babylonian ‘cubit’ (Sumerian
kùš, Akkadian
ammatu, normally
c. 50 cm; in the 1st millenni…
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