The ancient Egyptian units of measurement are those used by the dynasties of ancient Egypt prior to its incorporation in the Roman Empire and general adoption of Roman, Greek, and Byzantine units of m
Folding cubit rod, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1425–1353 BC, from the Tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8), Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin (S. 8391).
Cubit rod from the Turin Museum.
Fragment of measuring rod (cubit), wood, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, 1550–1292 BC, from Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin (S. 7532).
A bronze capacity measure inscribed with the cartouches of the birth and throne names of Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty
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The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was primarily associated with the Sumerians and the Egyptians. The term cubit is found i
Ancient Egyptian units of measurement
…five sections and the height of the curve is given in cubits, palms, and digits in each of the sections. At some point, lengths were standardized by cubit rods. Examples have been found in the tombs of officials, noting lengths up to remen. Royal cubits were used for land measures such as roads and fields…
Cubit rod of Maya, 52.3 cm long, 1336–1327 BC (Eighteenth Dynasty)
The Nippur cubit-rod in the Archeological Museum of Istanbul, Turkey