Ratl

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Ratl weight from the Umayyad period

Ratl ( Arabic رطل, DMG raṭl ), also spoken riṭl or roṭl , among the Europeans in the Middle Ages also Rottolo , is the most commonly used unit of weight in the Arabic-specific Orient.

The Rotl-Feuddi , also Rotl-Föddi , was an Algerian mass unit for silver , larger pieces of gold and pearls , but also for essences and other precious things.

The Rotl-Attari (also spice trade pound ) corresponds to a current weight of 16 ounces (= 546.08 grams ). The unit of measurement was intended for many goods, except for fruits, vegetables and herbs. Vegetables and herbs were weighed according to the Rotl-Ehreddari , the vegetable pound , which today corresponds to 18 ounces (= 614.34 grams).

Imported goods as well as butter , honey , dates , oil , soap and dry fruits were measured with Rotl-Kebir (corresponding to 72 ounces = 921.52 grams).

A hundred times the size corresponded to the qintār . The addition from which the measure emerged served as an addition to the name (e.g. Quontar-Attari).

literature

• Friedrich Leuchs: General Handlungs-Zeitung. With the latest inventions and improvements in the factory, urban and agricultural sectors. Volume 41, Verlag des Kontors der Handlungszeitung, Nuremberg 1834, p. 556 (preview on Google Books [1] )
• Jørgen Johan Albrecht von Schønberg: Glimpses of the last conquest, recent history and colonization of Algiers . Berling, 1839, p. 214ff (preview on Google Books [2] )
• Islamic measures and weights converted into the metric system by Walther Hinz [3]