Log (unit)
Log was a measure of volume for liquids and is considered an ancient Hebrew measure. The volume is said to have been the equivalent of six medium-sized chicken eggs. It is already mentioned in the Bible in the 3rd book of Moses.
- 1 log = 0.29 liters (0.2792 liters calculated from the relationships in the dimensional chain)
- 12 Log = 1 Hin = 1.66 Issaron = 3 Cab
The dimensional chain was:
- 720 Log = 180 Kab = 100 Issaron = 60 Hin = 30 Seah = 10 Bath / Epha = 2 Letech = 1 Cor / (C) homer = 201 liters (equivalent to 4320 eggs )
See also
literature
- Tanja Pommerening , The Ancient Egyptian Measurements , Studies on Ancient Egyptian Culture, Supplement 10, Buske Verlag, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-87548-411-8 , ISSN 0934-7879
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich von Gerstenbergk : Palestine or the Jewish land at the time of Jesus, as well as the most important, besides this, the countries and places mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. Schöne'sche Buchhandlung, Eisenberg 1847, p. 108.
- ^ Hermann Schelenz : History of Pharmacy. Springer-Verlag GmbH, Berlin / Heidelberg 1904, pp. 15, 16. (Reprinted by Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-52552-0 ).
- ↑ Christian Carl J. Bunsen : Complete Bible work for the community with a Bible atlas. Part 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1858, S. CCCLXXIX.