gombetum

In the Middle Ages, “the smallest grain measure in Genoa”= ¹⁄₉₆ mina, about 1.25 liters. Also spelled gombetta, gambetta and cambetta. opens a new page containing a chart that shows relationships between this unit and other units in its system

Edler, page 207, in the entry on Pedaggio della gombetta.
Doursther, pages 159, 455.

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