The ounkia is a small Byzantine mass unit, one twelfth of a Byzantine litra.
Used in everyday Byzantine trade for weighing small quantities.
Measurement system: Non-SI, Byzantine historical unit. SI equivalent: 1 ounkia ≈ 27 g.
Byzantine Ounce facts
- Unit name
- Byzantine Ounce
- Symbol
- ounkia
- Category
- Mass
- Measurement system
- Non-SI, Byzantine historical unit
- SI equivalent
- 1 ounkia ≈ 27 g
- Common uses
- Byzantine historical research and documents
Byzantine Ounce is also listed together with other Byzantine, Ottoman and early Turkic measures on the Historical Units page.
Definition of the byzantine ounce
The ounkia is a small Byzantine mass unit, one twelfth of a Byzantine litra.
Measurement system and SI relationship
Non-SI, Byzantine historical unit
SI equivalent: 1 ounkia ≈ 27 g
History of the byzantine ounce
Used in everyday Byzantine trade for weighing small quantities.
Where is the byzantine ounce used?
Byzantine historical research and documents