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The mithkal or sextula (in Persian and Arabic: مثقال) is an Arabic unit of weight used in Middle East, mostly for weighing gold and Saffron. It is equivalent to a little over 4.6 grams.[1]

Conversion

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one Mithkal equal to:

4.6875 g = 72.3392 grains = 0.1507 troy ounces

See also

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References

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  1. ^ M. Th. Houtsma, ed. (1993). E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936. BRILL. p. 1024. ISBN 90-04-09790-2.


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Ancient Roman units of measurement

(𐆐): Sextans U+10191 (𐆑): Uncia U+10192 (𐆒): Semuncia U+10193 (𐆓): Sextula U+10194 (𐆔): Semisextula U+10195 (𐆕): Siliqua Ancient Egyptian units

Roman abacus

resembles an Arabic digit "2". A similar sign is used for the dimidia sextula (𐆔, 1⁄12 uncia = 1⁄144 as) — a reversed S bisected by a horizontal stroke

Roman numerals

Scripulum, scripuli "scruple" 1⁄144=12−2 𐆔 Dimidia sextula, dimidiae sextulae "half a sextula" 1⁄72 𐆓 Sextula, sextulae "1⁄6 of an uncia" 1⁄48 Ↄ Sicilicus

Numerals in Unicode

fractions in the Ancient Symbols block: sextans, uncia, semuncia, sextula, dimidia sextula, siliqua, and as. Counting rod numerals are included in their own

Tone two

Caucasus).[citation needed] A similar sign, 𐆓, was used as a symbol for the sextula, a unit of currency worth 1⁄6 of an uncia and 1⁄72 of an as.[citation needed]

Rufanula sextula

Rufanula sextula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Liotiidae. The species occurs in South Africa. MolluscaBase (2018)

Ancient Roman symbols of monetary and weight units

names of duodecimal fractions — the minutiae (sextans, uncia, semuncia, sextula, etc.), but some have original names: "libra", "sicilicus", "scruple",

List of Latin words with English derivatives

sextans, sextant, sextary, sextic, sextile, sextillion, siesta, sixte †sextula sextul- sibilus sibil- hiss assibilate, assibilation, persiflage, sibilance