Meen

The Meen , also Mén, was a measure of weight in Cairo . The measure was only used in the tortoiseshell trade .

• 1 meen = 324 drachmas (Egypt. = 3.178 grams) = 1029.67 grams

literature

• Association of scholars and practical merchants: trade lexicon or encyclopedia of all trade sciences for merchants and manufacturers. Volume 4, Verlag Ernst Schäfer, Leipzig 1850, p. 92.
• Moses Heinemann: The well-trained Contorist and businessman: or, Theoretical-practical instructions for the proper preparation of the higher Contor work, conclusion of commercial contracts of all kinds, society contracts, regulation of cases. Wilhelm Schüppel, Berlin 1834, p. 156.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher : Pocket book of coin, measure and weight for merchants. Sandersche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1832, p. 117.