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Definition of Modius

Modius
Modius Mo"di*us, n.; pl. Modii. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A dry measure, containing about a peck.

Meaning of Modius from wikipedia

- Look up modius or Modius in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Modius may refer to: an ancient Roman unit for dry measures, (8.73 L) roughly equivalent...
- priests. Serapis wearing the modius Kushan ruler Huvishka with seated Roman Egyptian god Serapis ("Sarapo") wearing the modius. Sitamun, daughter of Amenhotep...
- Modius Julius was a governor of Britannia Inferior, a province of Roman Britain during AD 219 under Elagabalus. Inscriptions at Birdoswald and Netherby...
- Bronze modius measure (4th century AD) with inscription acknowledging Imperial regulation of weights and measures...
- known from an inscription. Quintus Modius Equiculus, mentioned by Varro. Marcus Modius, mentioned by Cicero. Gaius Modius Justus, propraetor of Numidia in...
- both being kings of the Gr**** underworld, and was shown enthroned with the modius, a basket / grain-measure, on his head, since it was a Gr**** symbol for...
- the regalia of a queen. Nebettawy shown with a cap wig, a fairly simple modius and the double plumes. Bint-Anat (also dressed as a queen) stands by the...
- Romanorum. Vol. 2 Part 1. Libraria Gleditschia. p. 1379. "Genius, wearing modius on head, holding a wreath; military standard at right, Illustration of Boston...
- III. She is depicted in full queenly regalia, including the vulture cap, modius with double plumes and the fly-whisk. She is called "great royal wife"....
- fertility rites related to Demeter or Ceres, due to the cereal motifs on her modius headdress). It dates to the Roman era, between 140 and 160 AD, and is in...