Medimno

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The Medimno , also known as Medamno , was a grain measure on the island of Cyprus .

The Attic Medimnos corresponded to 48 choinikes or 6 Roman Modii and thus about 52.8 liters.

literature

  • Eduard Döring: Handbook of coin, exchange, measure and weight ..., Verlag J. Hölscher, Koblenz 1862, p. 162

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios ..., Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 206