Ancient Greek weights and measures
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Moreover, the comparative study of prices in Egypt and even in parts of Egypt (a nome, a toparchy, a village) is rendered very difficult by many peculiar circumstances. This is true, for example, of the prices of such a basic commodity as grain. In the statistical lists compiled by modern scholars the price of grain is shown per artaba, as if the artaba were a constant measure. In fact, as has been proved by Wilcken and Tarn, many artabae of various sizes were in use at the same time and in the same region of Egypt.
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