Wool, cotton and oil are sold by the litre of 2-4/5 okes, but commonly reckoned as 2½ okes.
Carobs are sold by the Aleppo cantar of 180 okes. This cantar is further divided into 100 litres of 1 oke and 320 drams each.
Wine is sold by the kartos = 4 okes, the kouza = 8 okes, and the gomari = 128 okes.
1 kilé of wheat weighs 20 to 22 okes.
1 kilé of barley weighs 14 to 18 okes.
1 kilé of oats weighs 13 to 14 okes.
1 kilé of vetches weighs 23 to 24 okes.
1 sack of straw weighs about 40 okes.
1 camel-load of straw weighs about 200 okes, consisting of 2 sacks, each weighing about 100 okes.
Measures of Length