Sabitha

Sabitha was an Egyptian measure of volume for liquids. The measure also applied in Syria .

• Egypt 1 Sabitha = 15 ½ cans = 720 Parisian cubic inches = 14 ¼ liters
• Syria 1 Sabitha = 22 sextaries

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Smaller Konversations-Lexikon: or, auxiliary dictionary. Volume 4, Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig 1815, p. 114
2. ↑ Friedrich Alb. Niemann: Complete manual of the coins, measures, and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 287
3. ^ Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt: The Greek papyrus documents of the Royal Library in Berlin. Part 1, G. Fincke, Berlin 1842, p. 280