Tunisian units of measurement
System before the metric system
1 pic Arabic = 0.488 m
1 pic Turc = 0.637 m
1 rottolo attari = 16 uckir
1 rottolo sucki (for meat, etc.) = 18 uckir
1 rottolo khaddari (for vegetables) = 20 uckir
According to some sources, one rottolo (rotl) was equal to 1.1175 lb, and rotl sucky for meat, etc. was equal to 1.2582 lb, and one rotl ghredari for vegetables was equal to 1.4098 lb. One metical for gold and silver was equal to 59.7 grains.
Several units were used.
1 saah= 1/129 cafisso
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- Cardarelli, F. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins. London: Springer. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
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- Clarke, F.W. (1891). Weights Measures and Money of All Nations. New York: D. Appleton & Company. p. 74.