[Avodah] Length of Archeological Ammah

[Alan Rubin]

Micha Berger reported

> All in all, you see the basic pattern... R' Chaim Na'eh's ammah is
> slightly above the archeological range, but possibly within the margin
> of error. The CI's shiurim are well beyond the evidence.

Not an unexpected result. And there is also archeological evidence for
the size of the olive indicating that present day figures for the
kezayis are many times beyond the evidence. (See Rabbi Slifkin's
recent article)

Alan Rubin