Digit (unit)
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The digit or finger is an ancient and obsolete non-SI unit of measurement of length. It was originally based on the breadth of a human finger. It was a fundamental unit of length in the Ancient Egypti
Detail of the Ancient Egyptian cubit rod in the Museo Egizio of Turin, showing digit, palm, hand and fist lengths
Cubit
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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
Digit (unit)
…fingerbreadth, is a unit of measurement originally based on the breadth of a human finger. In Ancient Egypt it was the basic unit of subdivision of the cubit. On surviving Ancient Egyptian cubit-rods, the royal cubit is divided into seven palms of four digits or fingers each. The royal cubit measured…
Cubit rod of Maya, 52.3 cm long, 1336–1327 BC (Eighteenth Dynasty)
The Nippur cubit-rod in the Archeological Museum of Istanbul, Turkey