Tumna

Tumna , the Arabic eighth , was a measure of volume and grain .

The measure was in the regions

• Egypt : 1 Tumna = 1/8 Qadah = 2 Khanuba = 0.258 liters
• Syria , Palestine : 1 Tumna = 2.25 liters

literature

• Georg Kurt Rein: Abyssinia, a regional study after traveling and studying in the years 1907-1913. Volume 3, Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin 1920, p. XXIII.
• Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights. A lexicon. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim et al. 1987, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 , p. 328.