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Esoteric Archaic Metrics and Measures
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Across
- 1. Roman volume unit intriguingly named after a notorious beetle
- 2. Egyptian dry measure less than a litre, obscured by millennia
- 3. A Roman field measurement equivalent to a double actus
- 4. Byzantine land measure, an ancient Greek quarter of an acre
- 6. Late Roman length unit, roughly a stadium’s enigmatic cousin
- 9. A heavy Greek weight, richer than a mere talent’s worth
Down
- 5. Short Roman blade or a precious copper measure in puzzles
- 7. Not a tool, but an obscure Neolithic length unit's homophone
- 8. Essence of measurement: Aristotle’s philosophical hint turned cryptic unit stand-in
- 10. Ancient attested grain measure, disguised as classical companionship
- 11. Tiny ancient grain unit; a seed’s measure in antiquity
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