ANTIENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 599 



Greek, phyleterian foot 1.167 Ilutton 



Hebrew, foot 1.212 Hutton 



Hebrew, cubit . 1.817 Ilutton 



Hebrew, sacred cubit 2.002 Hutton 



Hebrew, great cubit 6 common cubits. Hutton 



Macedonian, foot . 1.160 Hutton 



Natural foot . .814 Hutton 



Ptolemaic = Greek foot Htitton 



Roman, foot .970 Bernard 



.967 Picard and G reave* 

 .9G6- r 

 .967J F lkeS 

 .970 before Titus. Raper 

 .965 after Titus. Raper. 

 .9672 from rules. Shuckburgh 

 .9681 from buildings. Shuckburgh 

 .9696 from a stone. Shuckburgh. 

 .967 Hutton 



Roman mile of Pliny 4810.5 Cavallo 



Roman mile of Strabo 4903. 



Sicilian foot of Archi- 

 medes . .730 Hutton 



SECTION 1). 



Ancient Weights. 



1. Greek Weights^ in English Grains. 



Attic obolus . 8.2 Christiana 



9.1 Arbuthnot 



Attic drachma . 61.9 Christian! 

 54.6 Arbuthnot 



Attic lesser mina 3892. rr75 drachms. Christian! 



Attic greater mina 5189. 100 drachms. Christian! 



5464. Arbutl.not 



Attic medical mina 6994. Arbuthnot 

 Attic and other talents=60 minac- 

 Old Greek drachm 146.5 Arbuthnot 

 Another Grot k drachm 62.5 Roman denarius. Arbulhuot 



