Pignata

Pignata , also Pignatella or Pignatolo , was an Italian measure of volume and was used as an oil measure .

• 32 pignata = 1 staja
• 320 pignata = 1 salma

A pignata was different and was in

Apulia

• 1 pignata = 24 ¼ Parisian cubic inches = 12/25 liters

Bari

• 1 pignata = 26 1/16 Parisian cubic inches = ½ liter

Calabria

• 1 pignata = 48 Parisian cubic inches = 1.5 liters

Naples

In Naples the pignata was calculated by weight and it counted

• 1 pignata = 544 3/7 grams

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a manual for use ..., Volume 1, Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 186
2. ↑ Johann Friedrich Krüger: Complete manual of the coins, dimensions and weights of all countries in the world ...., Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 251