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Khous

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of chous (“ancient Greek unit”). alt-of, alternative

    "The two oldest Greek measures definitely marked as standards date from 550 b.c. and were found in excavations at the Acropolis at Athens. One is a cylindrical corn measure, a khous, which was equal to half the Babylonian log. The other is a water clock marked 2 khous that has a capacity of 393 cubic inches."

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