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    B14-A

    Trade and Commerce

    • Liquid Measures

    • Cor (10 baths / 60 hins)

      220 L / 58.1 gal

    • Bath (6 hins)

      22 L / 5.81 gal

    • Hin (12 logs)

      3.67 L / 7.75 pt

    • Log (1 ⁄ 12 hin)

      0.31 L / 0.66 pt

    • Dry Measures

    • Homer (1 cor / 10 ephahs)

      220 L / 200 dry qt

    • Ephah (3 seahs / 10 omers)

      22 L / 20 dry qt

    • Seah (31 ⁄ 3 omers)

      7.33 L / 6.66 dry qt

    • Omer (14 ⁄ 5 cabs)

      2.2 L / 2 dry qt

    • Cab

      1.22 L / 1.11 dry qt

    • Quart

      1.08 L / 0.98 dry qt

    • Linear Measures

    • Long reed (6 long cubits)

      3.11 m / 10.2 ft

    • Reed (6 cubits)

      2.67 m / 8.75 ft

    • Fathom

      1.8 m / 6 ft

    • Long cubit (7 handbreadths)

      51.8 cm / 20.4 in.

    • Cubit (2 spans / 6 handbreadths)

      44.5 cm / 17.5 in.

    • Short cubit

      38 cm / 15 in.

    • 1 Roman stadium

      1 ⁄ 8 Roman mile=185 m / 606.95 ft

    1. 1 Fingerbreadth (1 ⁄ 4 handbreadth)

      1.85 cm / 0.73 in.

    2. 2 Handbreadth (4 fingerbreadths)

      7.4 cm / 2.9 in.

    3. 3 Span (3 handbreadths)

      22.2 cm / 8.75 in.