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 ==== Neo Babylonian weights and measures ====
 **Sources:** For the late Babylonian period, a large account of tablets have been excavated in main cities of the southern Mesopotamia (Babylon, Borsippa, Kiš, Nippur, Sippar, Ur, Uruk, //etc//). For the period which provided the bulk of the material (from the rising of the Chaldean dynasty during the late 7<sup>th</sup> B.C. to the early 5<sup>th</sup> B.C. when Babylonia revolted against Xerxes) around 19 000 texts are directly available for scholars, and many more tablets remain unpublished. Most of them records economical operations of private businessmen or Babylonians' temples and widely refer to various measures of weight, capacity, and length.
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 == Units of weight ==
 | gin<sub>2</sub> | //šiqlu// | {{ :lbab_gin2.jpg?nolink |}} | 8,33 g. |
-|  ** x 60 =>**   ||||
+|  ** ↓ × 60 **   ||||
 | ma-na | //manû// | {{ :lbab_ma-na.jpg?nolink |}} | 500 g. |
-|   **x 60 =>**   ||||
+|   ** ↓ × 60 **   ||||
 | gun | //biltu// | {{ :lbgun.jpg?nolink |}} | 30 kg. |
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 | GAR | - | {{ :lbab-gar.jpg?nolink |}} | 1/10 l. |
-|   **x 10 =>**   ||||
+|   ** ↓ × 10 **   ||||
 | sila<sub>3</sub> | //qa// | {{ :lbab-sila3.jpg?nolink |}} | 1 l. |
-|   **x 6 =>**   ||||
+|   ** ↓ × 6 **   ||||
 | ban<sub>2</sub>((1 (ban<sub>2</sub>) : {{:lbab_1ban2.jpg?nolink|}}, 2 (ban<sub>2</sub>): {{:lbab_2ban2.jpg?nolink|}}, 3 (ban<sub>2</sub>): {{:lbab_3ban2.jpg?nolink|}}, 4 (ban<sub>2</sub>): {{:lbab_4_ban2.jpg?nolink|}}, 5 (ban<sub>2</sub>): {{:lbab_5ban2.jpg?nolink|}})) | // sūtu// | {{ :lbab-ban2.jpg?nolink |}} | 6 l. |
-|   **x 6 =>**   ||||
+|   ** ↓ × 6 **   ||||
 | PI (6 ban<sub>2</sub>) | //pānu// | {{ :lbab-pi.jpg?nolink |}} | 36 l. |
-|   **x 5 =>**   ||||
+|   ** ↓ × 5 **   ||||
 | gur  | //kurru //| {{ :lbab-gur.jpg?nolink |}} | 180 l. |
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 | šu-si | //ubânû// | {{:lbab_shu-si.jpg?nolink|}} | 1/24 cubit | c. 0.0208 m. |
-|    **x 24 =>**   |||||
+|    ** ↓ × 24**   |||||
 | kuš<sub>3</sub> | //ammatu// | {{:lbab_kush3.jpg?nolink|}} | 1 cubit | c. 0.5 m. |
-|    **x 7 =>**   |||||
+|    ** ↓ × 7 **   |||||
 | gi | //qânu// | {{:lbab_gi.jpg?nolink|}} | 7 cubits | c. 3.5 m. |
-|   **x 2 =>**  |||||
+|   ** ↓ × 2 **  |||||
 | GAR |   -   | {{:lbab-gar.jpg?nolink|}} | 14 cubits | c. 7 m |
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 | šu-si | //ubânû// | {{:lbab_shu-si.jpg?nolink|}} | 168 sq. fingers | c. 0.0729 m<sup>2</sup> |
-|  ** x 24 =>**   |||||
+|  ** ↓ × 24 **   |||||
 | kuš<sub>3</sub> | //ammatu// | {{:lbab_kush3.jpg?nolink|}} | 7 sq. cubits | c. 1.75 m<sup>2</sup> |
-|  ** x 7 =>**   |||||
+|  ** ↓ × 7 **   |||||
-| gi | //qânu// | {{:lbab_gi.jpg?nolink|}} | 24.5 sq. cubits | c. 12.25 m<sup>2</sup>  |
+| gi | //qânu// | {{:lbab_gi.jpg?nolink|}} | 49 sq. cubits | c. 12.25 m<sup>2</sup>  |
-|  ** x 2 =>**   |||||
+|  ** ↓ × 2 **   |||||
-| GAR |   -   | {{:lbab-gar.jpg?nolink|}} | 14 cubits | c. 24.5 m<sup>2</sup>  |
+| GAR |   -   | {{:lbab-gar.jpg?nolink|}} | 98 sq. cubits | c. 24.5 m<sup>2</sup>  |
   * The seed system
 | GAR | - | {{ :lbab-gar.jpg?nolink |}} | 30 sq. cubits | c. 7.5 m<sup>2</sup>|
-|   **x 10 =>**   |||||
+|   ** ↓ × 10 **   |||||
 | sila<sub>3</sub> | //qa// | {{ :lbab-sila3.jpg?nolink |}} | 300 sq. cubits | c. 75 m<sup>2</sup>|
-|   **x 6 =>**   |||||
+|   ** ↓ × 6 **   |||||
 | ban<sub>2</sub> | // sūtu// | {{ :lbab-ban2.jpg?nolink |}} | 1800 sq. cubits | c. 450 m<sup>2</sup>|
 |   **x 6 =>**   |||||
 | PI (6 ban<sub>2</sub>) | //pānu// | {{ :lbab-pi.jpg?nolink |}} | 10800 sq. cubits | c. 2700 m<sup>2</sup>|
-|   **x 5 =>**   |||||
+|   ** ↓ × 5 **   |||||
 | gur  | //kurru //| {{ :lbab-gur.jpg?nolink |}} | 64000 sq. cubits | c. 13500 m<sup>2</sup>|