Below you
can find an overview on all measures and weights, which are commonly used all
over Santharian lands. This weights and
measures standard was elaborated and defined under the rule of the
Erpheronian King Thar and later
on introduced in the United Kingdom of
Santharia as well (with only a few minor modifications). Most of these
measures are also valid or understood at trading towns of other continents such
as Aeruillin or Nybelmar. Additionally to the common measure and weights tables
this overview also contains tally measures used to measure precious metals, ore
or gems as well as a list of common Santharian
currency.
Line Measure is used to measure length, height and distances. The details of
this measure can be summarized as follows:
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Grain |
Equals about 2 mm across |
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Nailsbreadth |
Equals about one cm (a
little smaller than ½
an inch) |
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Palmspan |
Equals 1/3 of a fore, about 10
nailsbreadths (10 cm, 1 decimetre) |
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Fore |
Equals 1/3 of a ped (33 cm),
derives from the term "fore arm" |
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Ped |
Equals the distance
from King Thar’s breastbone to the tip of
his middle finger with one arm outstretched (roughly 1 metre
or approx. 3 feet) |
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Dash |
Equals 100 peds (100 metres,
300 feet) |
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Stral |
Equals 1000 peds (1 km) |
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League |
Equals in
Santharia 6000 peds (6 km) |
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Furlay |
Equals a day's ride or 6
leagues |
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Cael |
Equals the purported radius of
the disc of Caelereth |
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Wet Measure
is used to measure liquids like alcohol, water, oils and similar things. The
details of this measure can be summarized as follows:
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Drop |
Equals a, well, a drop |
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Sip |
Equals about a shotglass |
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Tot |
Equals ½
a mug, (our "cup") |
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Mug |
Equals 2 tots, or 1/3
of a firkin, represents a standard measure for drinks |
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Firkin |
Equals a useful
bottle-size or 3 mugs (about 6 cups) |
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Barrel |
Equals 10 firkins |
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Tun |
Equals a very large
barrel (2 peds high, volume not standard) |
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Sea
Measure is used to measure distances at sea or other areas which contain
liquids. Some of these measures are similar to the Line Measurements (see
above). The details of this measure can be summarized as follows:
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Scale |
Equals about a nailsbreadth (1
cm - 1 inch) |
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Handspan |
Equals the Line Measure
Palmspan (1/3 of a fore) |
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Fore |
Equals the Line Measure Fore
(1/3 of a ped), derives from the term "fore arm" |
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Spandar |
Equals roughly 2 peds, the
extent of a man's arms at full stretch |
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Fres'cal |
Equals 5 spandars or 10 peds |
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Sal'cul |
Equals roughly the same length
as the Line Measure "dash" (100 peds) |
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Dry Measure
is used to measure flour, grains, spices etc. The details of this measure can be
summarized as follows:
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Pinch |
Equals a pinch, duh! |
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Ladle |
Equals about 1 tablespoon |
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Scup |
Equals about ½ a cup |
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Dipper |
Equals 2 cups (if water, equal in
weight to one "od") |
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Trencher |
Equals 10 dippers, or 20 cups |
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Sack |
Equals a small cloth bag, a fore long,
about 10 ods in weight bargesack - 100 od-weight cloth bag |
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Land Measure
is used to measure areas/surfaces. The details of this measure can be summarized
as follows:
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Seatprint |
Equals 1/3 of a ped * 1/3 ped
(about one square foot) |
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Pallet |
Equals the standard mat and
bedding size, 1 ped * 2 peds |
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Pen |
Equals 5 peds * 5 peds,
represents the space a domestic animal (pig, sheep, goat) needs for living |
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Hold |
Equals about 3 dashes or 300
peds on each side, represents the hand-cultivatable area in one day |
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Powder |
Equals roughly 1000 peds square,
can be plowed in one day |
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Perry |
Equals 1 league square, an
average plot of land for a small farmer |
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Heft
Measure is used to measure weights. The details of this measure can be
summarized as follows:
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Mut |
Equals the weight of one dried
mutnut heart (0.1 pounds or 1.6 ounces) |
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Od |
Equals one tenth of a heb
(about a pound or half a kilogramme) |
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Hafeb |
Equals half a standard heb
(roughly five pounds or 2.5 kilogramme) |
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Heb |
Equals 10 pounds (5 kg). Heb
is the standard large unit of trade weights |
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Pygge |
Equals 10 heb or 100 od (100
pounds, 50 kg) |
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Tally
Measure is used to measure precious metals, ore or gems. This measure doesn't
have set values, but represents rather a
subjective system, calculated on a complicated three-way sliding scale of
quality versus size versus amount. The details of this measure
can be summarized as follows:
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Strike |
Slang name for a san, or
copper coin |
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Minim |
Equals possibly one silver
coin, or a small pearl |
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Glint,
"Quarter-Bright" |
Equals one poorly minted gold
coin, a large turquoise |
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Gleam,
"Half-Bright" |
Equals a high quality gold
coin, a small ruby |
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Starbright |
Equals approximately a sack of
good copper ore |
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Moonbright |
Equals 100 starbrights |
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Sunbright |
Equals 10 moonbrights,
extremly valuable |
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Below you
can find an overview on the
royal currency currently in circulation and
accepted throughout most of the
Santharian
kingdom:
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San |
Copper |
Round |
1 san, very common |
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Su |
Copper |
Triangle |
3 san, less well-known |
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Erg |
Brass |
Square |
4 san, less well-known |
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Od |
Brass |
Rectangular |
10 san, standard measure |
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Hak |
Iron |
Pentagonal |
50 san, 5 od, 1 copperbard |
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W'aer |
Silver |
Hexagonal |
100 san, 10 od, 1 silverbard |
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Nune |
Gold |
Octagonal |
1000 san, 100 od, 10 silver
w'aer, 1 goldbard |
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Mithrene |
Mithril |
Decagonal |
100 gold nune, very rare |
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Copperbard |
Copper |
Round |
5 od or 50 san |
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Silverbard |
Silver |
Round |
1 w'aer or 10 copperbards |
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Goldbard |
Gold |
Round |
1 nune or 10 silverbards |
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