Acetabulum (volume measure)

Acetabulum was an ancient Roman measure of volume, which was also used in the early modern period.

• 1 Urna = 4 Congius = 192 acetabulum ≈ 13.013 liters
• 1 Congius (jug) = 48 acetabulum ≈ 3.253 liters
• 1 acetabulum = 6 ligules (spoonful) ≈ 67.779 cm³ ≈ 0.067 liters

literature

• Friedrich Hultsch : Acetabulum . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 155 f.
• Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographical Institute, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ B. Schumacher: The Luminare majus by Joannes Jacobus Manliusde Bosco 1536. Translated and annotated. Edited by the Society for the History of Pharmacy, Arthur Neymayer, Mittenwald / Bavaria (1938), p. VI