Sad (unit)

The Sad ( Arabic صاع, DMG ṣaʿ ), also Saâ , Saah , Sahha (Arabic: saa means to measure) was a measure of volume and grain and also an oil measure in Tunis . Salt and the mineral soda could be measured with this measure.

Grain measure

1 Sad / Saâ = 130.2 Parisian cubic inches = 2.583 liters
12 Sad / Saâ = 1 Ueba

A dimensional chain was

1 Kafis / Cafiz / Cabiz / Caffiso / Cafiso = 16 Ueba / Houeba / Wheba = 192 Sad / Saâ ≈ 4.96 hectoliters (4.596 hectoliters)

In Benghazi , Sad / Saâ as the measure of grain was dependent on the type of grain.

1 Sad / Saâ = 2 nusfie / half ≈ 17.715 liters

Oil measure

Can also be used for milk and vinegar .

1 Sad / Saâ = 635 Parisian cubic inches = 1.26 liters (The Saâ was also a stoneware vessel with a capacity of 1.26 liters.)

literature

Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios ..., Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, pp. 711, 714.

Individual evidence

↑ 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 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 260.

[1] 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 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 260.