ἀρτάβη

• ἀρτέβη (artébē)

The word is of Iranian origin (see Old North Iranian *ṛdba-, Old Persian *ṛdva-^[1]) and ultimately from Akkadian 𒅈𒁕𒁉 (/⁠ardabu⁠/, “capacity measure of about 56 litres”), found as Aramaic 𐡀𐡓𐡃𐡁 (ʾrdb) / אַרְדְּבָא (ʾardəḇā) / ܐܪܕܒܐ (ʾardəḇā), (Classical Syriac also ܐܪܛܒܐ (ʾarṭəḇā)), Arabic إِرْدَبّ (ʔirdabb) and Coptic ⲉⲣⲧⲟⲃ (ertob), ⲁⲣⲧⲁⲃ (artab).

ἀρτάβη • (artábē) f (genitive ἀρτάβης); first declension

1. Persian measure of capacity, equivalent to 1 medimnus + 3 choenices
2. Egyptian measure of capacity, varying from 24 to 42 choenices
   • Rosetta Stone :

     ἀπἔλυσεν δέ τά ἱερά καί τῆς λογιζομένης τῆς ἀρτάβης τῇ ἀρούρᾳ τῆς ἱερᾶς γῆς

     apélusen dé tá hierá kaí tês logizoménēs tês artábēs têi aroúrāi tês hierâs gês

     he also released the temples of the ardeb-per-arura tax on sacred land

• → Ge'ez: አርጣባስ (ʾärṭabas), አርጣቦስ (ʾärṭabos), አርጢባስ (ʾärṭibas)
• → Latin: artaba

• “ἀρτάβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρτάβη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρτάβη in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 37
• Sethe, Kurt (1916) “Spuren der Perserherrschaft in der späteren ägyptischen Sprache”, in Nachrichten der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse (in German), Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, pages 112–118