SCRŪPŬLUM

or more properly Scripulum or Scriplum ( γράμμα ), the smallest denomination of weight among the Romans. It was the 24th part of the Uncia , or the 288th of the Libra , and therefore = 18·06 grains English, which is about the average weight of the scrupular aurei still in existence. [ Aurum . ] As a square measure, it was the smallest division of the jugerum, which contained 288 scrupula. [ Jugerum . ]