Malta

pre-metric units of mass

tunnellata

qantar

12.8

wizna

20

256

ratal

5

100

1,280

uqija

30

150

3,000

38,400

0.933
oz. av.

1.750
lbs av

8.750
lbs av

175
lbs av

2,240
lbs av

At least as early as 1840 the qantar was treated commercially as equal to 175 pounds avoirdupois. In 1921 all surviving units were defined legally by British equivalents.

In the Italian period there were two versions of the ratal (or, to give it its Italian name, the rottolo), in the ratio 30:33, which is the number of onces to the rottolo. This is a common Italian division of the ratal.

 

Maltese
rottolo

Maltese
rottolo grosso

oncia

30

33

26.383 g

791.50 g

870.65 g

For precious metals, pearls, gemstones, etc.

During the Italian period precious metals were weighed with this system:

cantaro

pesa

20

rotolo

5

100

lira

2.5

12.5

250

oncia

12

30

150

3000

quarta

4

48

120

600

12000

octavo

2

8

96

240

1200

24,000

sedicesimo

2

4

16

192

480

2400

48,000

trapeso

2

4

8

32

384

960

4800

96,000

coccio

18

36

72

144

576

6912

17,280

86,400

1,728,000

45.8
mg

.8245
g

1.65
g

3.30
g

6.60
g

26.385
g

316.6
g

791.5
g

3.96
kg

79.15
kg

Doursther (1840)  pages 87, 105, 226, 369, 562.

Robert Montgomery Martin.
History of the Colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, North America, Asia...
London: W. H. Allen & Co. and George Routledge, 1843.

Page 586.

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