Kélé (unit)

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Kélé was an Egyptian measure of volume for liquids.

  • 1 kélé = 2 roubouh = 15.28 liters
  • 2 kélé = 1 ouebeh
  • ½ Kélé = 2 Malouah = 1 Roabouh
  • 12 Kélé = 6 Ouebeh = 1 Ardeb ≈ 183.475 liters (calculated 183.36 liters)

literature

  • Frank Wigglesworth Clarke: Weights, Measures, and Money, of All Nations. D. Appleton and Company, New York 1875, pp. 29, 103.