caraffa

1

In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, ? – 19^th century, two units of capacity used for wine:

• the caraffa vendita a minuto, = 1/66th barile, about 0.660419 liters.
• the caraffa di botte, = 1/60th barile, about 0.727027 liters.

According to Doursther, the latter unit was used in Naples and the former in the countryside.

Kupffer, page 63.

2

In Tripoli, ? – 19th century, a unit for oil, originally of capacity = 1/6th of a herbaia, but later of mass by commodity: for oil, about 1.555 kilograms, for pomade, 1.679 kg.

Doursther.

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