[Avodah] [Areivim] How small is a Kad Katan?

[Joshua Meisner]

A poster on Areivim asked why the flask of oil of the neis of chanukah is
referred to as a kad katan, being that the volume of 3.5 log that was
necessary to fill the 7 lamps of the menorah each night is approximately
equal to 1.5 L, hardly a small k'li.

I don't understand the basis for this question, as Shabbos 21b (as well as
Meg. Ta'anis) merely refers to it as a "pach", with no adjective attached to
it.

Is there an alternative source on the matter?


Joshua Meisner
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