Zurlo (measure of weight)

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The Zurlo , even Surlo or Zuelo , was a Syrian of Mass. Since the measure depended on the Rottolo , the Zurlo had a variable value depending on the place and goods.

In Aleppo in Syria the Rottolo had

  • for cotton , grain 720 drachmas and weighed 2279 ¾ grams
  • for Syrian silk 700 drachmas, which corresponded to 2216½ grams
  • for Persian silk 680 drachmas, or 2153 grams

in Damascus

  • for copper, brass, wire 600 drachmas with 1900 grams
  • 1 rottoli = 720 drachmas = 2.2803 kilograms
  • 1 zurlo = 27.5 rottoli with 720 drachmas each = 62,692 grams

literature

  • Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830,
  • Georg Thomas Flügel: Course list continued as a manual for coin, measure, weight and Customs. LF Huber Verlag der Jäger'schen Buch-, Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1859, p. 28.