Attic weight system

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ancient Greek system of weights and measures metrological system

The Attic weight system was an ancient Greek system of weights and measures centered in Athens that became widely used in trade and coinage throughout the classical Mediterranean world.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Attic weight system canonical 2
Attic weight standard 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek system of weights and measures ⓘ
metrological system ⓘ
adoptedBy polis of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Athenian polis

Delian League ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms ⓘ
many Greek city-states ⓘ
approximateMass 26 kilograms ⓘ
4.3 grams ⓘ
basisFor Athenian silver coin weights ⓘ
Attic coin standard ⓘ
centeredIn Athens ⓘ
equals 100 Attic drachmas (weight) ⓘ
60 Attic minas ⓘ
one-sixth of an Attic drachma (weight) ⓘ
geographicSpread Aegean Sea region ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: eastern Mediterranean
hasCurrencyStandard Attic tetradrachm (coin weight) ⓘ
influenced Athenian coinage ⓘ
Athenian obol ⓘ
surface form: Attic standard of coinage
influencedBy earlier Euboic standards ⓘ
inUseDuring 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
partOf Attic weight system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Greek metrology ⓘ
region Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
relatedTo Aeginetan weight system ⓘ
Euboic weight system ⓘ
standardized commercial transactions in Athens ⓘ
taxation in Athens ⓘ
tribute payments in the Delian League ⓘ
standardUnit Athenian drachma ⓘ
surface form: Attic drachma (weight)

Attic mina ⓘ
Attic talent ⓘ
obol (weight) ⓘ
subdivisionOf Attic drachma (weight) ⓘ
Attic mina ⓘ
Attic talent ⓘ
timePeriod Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
usedBy Athenian merchants ⓘ
Athenian magistrates ⓘ
surface form: Athenian state authorities
usedFor coinage ⓘ
trade ⓘ
usedIn Attica ⓘ
Classical Athens ⓘ
classical Mediterranean trade ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athenian drachma → weightSystem → Attic weight system ⓘ
Athens Mint → coinStandard → Attic weight system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Attic weight standard
Attic weight system → partOf → Attic weight system self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Attic talent