GRECIAN MEASURES OF CAPACITY.

Column headings: G=Gallons. P=Pints.

Row labels:

RA: ROMAN AMPHORA (κεράμιον)

AM: ΑΜΦΟΡΕΥΣ ΜΕΤΡΗΤΗΣ

+----------------------------------------------------------+-+-----+-------+

| | | |Approx-|

| | | |imate. |

| I. ATTIC LIQUID MEASURES. | | | [12] |

| | | +-+-----+

| |G| P |G| P |

+----------------------------------------------------------+-+-----+-+-----+

|Κοχλιάριον |“| ·008|”|1/120|

+----+ | | | | |

| 2 |Χήμη |“| ·016|”|1/60 |

+----+----+ | | | | |

| 2½| 1¼|Μύστρον |“| ·02 |”|1/48 |

+----+----+----+ | | | | |

| 5 | 2½| 2|Κόγχη |“| ·04 |”|1/24 |

+----+----+----+----+ | | | | |

| 10 | 5 | 4| 2|ΚΎΑΘΟΣ |“| ·08 |”|1/12 |

+----+----+----+----+---+ | | | | |

| 15 | 1½| 6| 3| 1½|Ὀξύβαφον |“| ·12 |”| ⅛ |

+----+----+----+----+---+---+ | | | | |

| 30 15 | 12| 6| 3| 2|Τέταρτον |“| ·24 |”| ¼ |

+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+ | | | | |

| 60 | 30 | 24| 12| 6| 4| 2|Κοτύλη, Τρυβλίον or Ἡμίνα |“| ·48 |”| ½ |

+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+ | | | | |

| 120| 60 | 48| 24| 12| 8| 4| 2| ΞΈΣΤΗΣ (Sextarius) |“| ·96 |”| 1 |

+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+--- | | | | |

| 720| 360| 288| 144| 72| 48| 24| 12| 6 ΧΟΥΣ |“|5·76 |”| 6 |

+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+--+--+ | | | | |

|5760|2880|2304|1152|576|384|192| 96|48| 8| RA |5|6·08 |6| ” |

+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+ | | | | |

|8640|4320|3456|1728|864|576|288|144|72|12| 1½| AM |8|5·12 |9| ” |

+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+--+--+---+------------+-+-----+-+-----+

N.B.--The _Aeginetan_ measures of capacity may be easily calculated

from these, according to the ratio given under QUADRANTAL.

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