An ancient Greek unit of measurement equal to half of an ekton (a measure of length or volume in grain).
From Greek 'hemi-' (half) + 'ekton' (a unit of measure). This was a practical measurement term used in ancient trade to denote half-portions of the larger ekton unit.
Ancient measurement systems were wildly inconsistent—different cities had different 'standard' sizes for their units, so a hemiekton in Athens might not equal the same amount in Corinth, which created all sorts of trading confusion and disputes.
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