Heqat
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heqat ḥq3t bushel |
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The Heqat (also Hekat ) represented in ancient Egypt as a measure of capacity of 4.75 liters and at the same time corresponded to ten Henu .
Fractions of the heqat were written with parts of the udjat eye . Multiples of the Heqat measure carried the names: " Heqati " as "Double Heqat" with 9.5 liters and " Heqat-fedu " as "Double Heqati" with 19 liters.
See also
literature
- Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800–950 BC). von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1320.
- Wolfgang Helck & Eberhard Otto : Kleines Lexikon der Ägyptologie , Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1999, ISBN 3-447-04027-0 , p. 179 f. → Dimensions and weights
