ARTABA

ARTABA, an ancient measure of capacity used by the

Artemis Persians, Medes, and Egyptians. The Persian artaba is represented by Herodotus as larger than the Attic medimnus by three Attic chrenixes: from which it appears that it was equal to 64 Roman modii; consequently it contained 166$\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ pounds of wine or water, or 126$\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ pounds of wheat. The Egyptian artaba contained five Roman modii, and fell short of the Attic medimnus by one modius; it consequently held 138$\backslash frac\{1\}\{2\}$ pounds of water or wine, or 100 pounds of wheat.