Henu
| Henu in hieroglyphics | ||||||
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| Middle realm |
henu hnw half liter |
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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 .
See also
literature
- Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800–950 BC). von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , pp. 526 and 1320.
- Tanja Pommerening : The ancient Egyptian measures of measure (= studies on ancient Egyptian culture. Supplement 10, ISSN 0934-7879 ). Buske, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-87548-411-8 .