ἀρτάβη

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The word is of Iranian origin (see Old North Iranian *ṛdba-, Old Persian *ṛdva-[1]) and ultimately from Akkadian 𒅈𒁕𒁉 (/⁠ardabu⁠/, capacity measure of about 56 litres), found as Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡃𐡁 (ʾrdb) / אַרְדְּבָא (ʾardəḇā) / ܐܪܕܒܐ (ʾardəḇā), (Classical Syriac also ܐܪܛܒܐ (ʾarṭəḇā)), Arabic إِرْدَبّ (ʔirdabb) and Coptic ⲉⲣⲧⲟⲃ (ertob), ⲁⲣⲧⲁⲃ (artab).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ἀρτάβη (artábēf (genitive ἀρτάβης); first declension

  1. Persian measure of capacity, equivalent to 1 medimnus + 3 choenices
  2. Egyptian measure of capacity, varying from 24 to 42 choenices
    • Rosetta Stone :
      ἀπἔλυσεν δέ τά ἱερά καί τῆς λογιζομένης τῆς ἀρτάβης τῇ ἀρούρᾳ τῆς ἱερᾶς γῆς
      apélusen dé tá hierá kaí tês logizoménēs tês artábēs têi aroúrāi tês hierâs gês
      he also released the temples of the ardeb-per-arura tax on sacred land

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Further reading

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  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 449