Methuselahs to Salmanazars - Convert methuselahs to salmanazars

Methuselahs Conversion

A methuselah a large wine bottle containing 8 times the volume of a standard bottle, so about 6 L. The Imperial also holds 6 L. The bottle gets its name from the biblical patriarch Methuselah who is said to have been the man with the longest lifespan.

Salmanazars Conversion

The salmanazar is a wine bottle with the capacity of 9 L of wine, which equals 12 times the volume of a regular 750 ml bottle. Salmanazar was also the name of a biblical Assyrian king.