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This is chapter 16 of Historical Metrology: Measurements of the Gods. The narrative deals with weights and liquid volumes in ancient times from China to India to Egypt to Greece,. Rome, Mesopotamia , with Biblical and British Imperial measures of weight and volume liquid and importantly their connections to linear measures.
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This paper is based upon the complete metrology chapter from my book "Early World Coins" published in 2009. It is however a third revised version - with just a new preface added to the version of May 2020. It remains a holistic set of best guesses, concerning how important early metrological systems were linked through time. Copies of the complete 2009 work on paper are still available. Please write to info@earlyworldcoins.com for further details if interested.
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The origin and definition of measures of length, volumes and weights is explained. Further, the organisation and the weight standards of the basic weight systems are presented.
Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes
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The Brazen Sea, the Bath ,the Hin and a specific cubit
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Here is seen confirmation of the analysis of the value of the bath and hin contrary to approximations seen in recent papers by others and in the Dent Dictionary of Measure.
Imperial Versus Metric
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Metrology -- the study of weights and measures -- has always been something that classical numismatists need to understand. It is astonishing to many beginning collectors that ancient mints were able to control the weight of precious metal coins to within a few milligrams.. The exact weight of a coin is usually irrelevant to collectors of modern machine-made coins, which do not vary appreciably from well-established standards. But the weight of an ancient coin is a critical part of its description. Ancient commercial weights, particularly those that were used to weigh coins, are therefore of interest to many collectors.
Encyclopedia value, focused on biblical and Iron Age measuring systems, notably weights and capacity. (File is a pre-print text)

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