Learn Hieroglyphs

Introduction The Hieroglyphic writing Numbers Nouns Grammatical uses of the noun Adjectives and Comparison Demonstratives Personal Pronouns Titles in Ancient Egypt The Offering Formula Infinitive Possessive Adjectives Verbs in Ancient Egyptian language Relative in Ancient Egyptian Language Attribution Adjectives Comparative and Superlative Fractions Measures Interrogative pronouns Enclitic particles Non-Enclitic particles Prepositions Anticipation in the Ancient Egyptian Language Stative (Old Perfective) Active participles Passive participle The Passive Voice Verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language Non-verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language

I. Length

The standard Egyptian measurement of length was the cubit, equal to about 52.5 centimeters. Its usual fractions and multiples were as follows:
 
1.88 cm
Finger
Dba
7.5 cm
Palm
Ssp
,
52.5 cm
Cubit
mH
52.5 meters
Stick, rod
xt
10.5 kilometers
River
itrw
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