Henu

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Henu in hieroglyphics
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henu
hnw half liter

The Henu (also Hin ) in ancient Egypt represented the amount of 0.475 liters as a measure of capacity and at the same time corresponded to 32 Ro / Ra. Ten henu again resulted in a heqat ( bushel ). As a vessel, the henu roughly corresponded to a bowl for food and was also used as a hollow unit, mostly for sesame oil , from the Middle Kingdom up until Roman times. In the New Kingdom , a “half liter” of sesame oil cost about a deben of copper .

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