Orgy

The orgy was an ancient Egyptian measure of length and was comparable to the fathom . The old orgy was called Hatua.

• 1 Orgyie / Hatua = ½ Qasab (small rod ) = 1.8468 meters

The dimensional chain was

• 1 Orgyie = 2 2/5 Bema (step) = 4 Pechys ( cubit ) = 6 feet = 8 Spithamen ( span ) = 12 Dichas = 24 palm (hand width) = 96 Dactylus (finger width)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gustav Karsten (Ed.): General Encyclopedia of Physics. Volume 1, Leopold Voss, Leipzig 1869, pp. 426, 431.
2. ^ Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler, Karl Ludwig Littrow: Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's Physical Dictionary. Volume 6, EB Schwickert, Leipzig 1836, p. 1238.
3. ↑ Gotthard Oswald Marbach, Carl Sébastian Cornelius: Physikalischen Lexikon: Encyclopedia of physics and its auxiliary sciences, technology, chemistry, etc. Volume 4, Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1856, p. 894.

See also

• Ancient weights and measures (ancient Egypt)
• Old weights and measures (ancient)