Djeba
| Djeba in hieroglyphics | |||
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djeba ḏbʿ fingers |
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Djeba was the ancient Egyptian name of the ancient Egyptian unit of measurement "finger" ( English digit ), which measured 1.87 centimeters. Four fingers were the length of a hand and 28 fingers were a royal cell . This unit of measurement was used, among other things, for levels for measuring the height of the Nile flood .
In addition, a finger embodied the cardinal number 10,000.
literature
- Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800–950 BC). von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , pp. 1319 and 1321.