hemina

The hemina was an ancient Roman unit of liquid and dry capacity measurement. It was equivalent to half of a sextarius, another Roman measure. Based on an agreed-upon mean for the sextarius of approximately 0.58 liters, the hemina was about 0.29 liters. This unit was part of a system that included larger measures like the modius and amphora. The Roman measurement system, like those of other ancient Mediterranean civilizations, was influenced by earlier systems from the East, including those of the Egyptians and Babylonians, often transmitted through trade and conquest.12