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In [[Ancient Roman]] measurement, the '''acetabulum''' was a measure of volume (fluid and dry) equivalent to the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|ὀξύβαφον}} (''oxybaphon''). It was one-fourth of the [[hemina]] and therefore one-eighth of the [[sextarius]]. It contained the weight in water of fifteen [[Attica|Attic]] [[Ancient drachma|drachma]]e.

Used with some frequency by [[Pliny the Elder]], in a 1952 translation the unit was judged to be equivalent to {{cvt|63|ml}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.masseiana.org/pliny.htm|title=Pliny's Natural History (Introduction to Chapter 6)|author=W.H. Jones|year=1954|access-date=2014-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101063545/http://www.masseiana.org/pliny.htm|archive-date=2017-01-01|url-status=usurped}}</ref>  However, other sources estimate a higher value of perhaps {{cvt|68|ml}} (see [[Ancient Roman units of measurement]]).

==References==
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*{{SmithDGRA|title=Acetabulum|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0063%3Aentry%3Dacetabulum-cn-02|author=PS}}

[[Category:Units of volume]]
[[Category:Ancient Roman units of measurement]]


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