Tazza

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The tazza was an Egyptian measure of volume in Nubia and means something like cup. Tazza was understood to mean the amount that two clasped hollow hands could hold. The measure for a hand was the selga . This measured the amount that could be heaped on a flat adult hand.

  • 8 tazza / tazzen = 1 mid

literature

  • Christian Noback , Friedrich Noback : Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, government papers, bills of exchange and banking and the customs of all countries and trading venues. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 762.
  • Karl Rumler: Overview of the dimensions, weights and currencies of the most excellent countries and trading centers in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with special emphasis on Austria and Russia. Jasper, Hügel and Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 68.