Cash desk
Kassabeh , also Kössabeh or Kassab, was an Egyptian measure of length and corresponded to the rod .
The cash desk existed as a large and a small cash desk for tax reasons. The Beledi was calculated at 577.5 millimeters .
- 1 Kassabeh (large) = 6 ⅔ Pik Beledi = 24 Tschöb'dah = 1706 Paris lines = 3.85 meters
- 1 Kassabeh (small) = 6 ⅓ Pik Beledi = 22 Tschöb'dah = 1621 Paris lines = 3.6575 meters
The Tschöbdah was the length of a fist with an outstretched thumb.
literature
- Hermann Julius Meyer: The large conversation lexicon for the educated classes: Supplement. Printed and published by the Bibliographical Institute, Hildburgshausen 1853, p. 205.
- Helmut Kahnt, Bernd Knorr: Old measures, coins and weights: a lexicon . Licensed edition of the Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Bibliographical Institute, Mannheim / Vienna / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-411-02148-9 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 381
- ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 136.
- ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight relationships. Volume 2, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1335.