Gira (unit)

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Gira , completely Gira Barsum , was an Egyptian measure of length and was one of the smallest measures.

1 Gira Barsum = 0.8 millimeters (calculated 0.868 millimeters)
6 Gira Barsum = 1 Habba shair

The dimensional chain was

1 Dira macmari = 6 Qabdah = 24 Usbaa = 144 Habba shair = 864 Gira Barsum = 75 centimeters

literature

Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon. Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim, Vienna, Zurich 1986, ISBN 978-3-41102-148-2 , p. 103.