Arura

The arura was a measure of area and can be classified as an ancient unit of measurement. It is considered to be an Egyptian square measure.

• 1 arura = 10,000 square feet = 7.724654 ares

The dimensional chain was

• 1 stage = 9 diplethrum = 16 arura = 36 plethrum = 64 quarter aura = 100 schoenus

literature

• Friedrich Hultsch : Arura 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Sp. 1491.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Oscar Mothes: Illustrated Building Lexicon. Volume 2, Verlagbuchhandlung Otto Spamer, Leipzig / Berlin 1866, p. 514
2. ^ Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler, Heinrich Wilhelm Brande: Physical dictionary. Volume 6, EB Schwickert, Leipzig 1836, p. 1234