ARTABA, a sort of measure, made use of by the Babylonians. They offered every day twelve Artaba’s of fine flour to their Dan. xiv. 3. vulg.God Belus. But Daniel discovered the roguery of the Priests, who took the flour and wine for their own use. An Artaba1 contains seventy two Sextarii, according to S. Epiphanius2, and Isidore of Sevil3.
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Translators’ note. Artaba, teste Herodoto medimnum Atticum capit & tres Chænices. Grot. in locum; which according to Dr. Arbuthnot’s Tables, make one bushel, a gallon, and one pint; allowing, with him, four pecks and six pints to the Medimnus, and one pint to the Choinix. ↩
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Epiphan. de ponderib. & Mens. ↩
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Isidor. l. xvi. Origin. ↩