Oka Weights

Authors

  • Phil Iddison Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27831

Keywords:

Ottoman era, Athens, 1980s, weights & measures, material culture, Seljuk oka weights, markets, administration, commerce, food and the state, Iraq

Abstract

This photoessay documents oka weights, dished circular weights for use in markets in Greece. The Greek oka was standardized at 1.282 kg and remained in use until traditional units were abolished on 31 March 1959 but use continued into the metric era. An example is used to illustrate the cover of this issue of PPC.

Author Biography

  • Phil Iddison, Independent Scholar

    Phil Iddison is a civil engineer who lives in west London and has worked in the Middle and Far East. He has written over many years for PPC and is a seasoned contributor to the proceedings of the Oxford Symposium.

References

Kürkman, Garo, Anatolian Weights and Measures, Akmed (The Suna and Inan Kiraç Foundation), Istanbul, 2003.

Saberi, Helen, Noshe Djan: Afghan Food & Cookery, Prospect Books, Totnes, Devon, 2000.

Trepanier, Nicolas, Foodways & Daily Life in Medieval Anatolia, University of Texas Press, 2015.

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Published

2021-08-01

Issue

PPC 120 (2021)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Iddison, Phil. 2021. “Oka Weights”. Petits Propos Culinaires, August, 102-13. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27831.