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Hekat logo #10101) Obsolete unit of measurement
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Hekat logo #21000[unit] The hekat or heqat (transcribed HqA.t) was an ancient Egyptian volume unit used to measure grain, bread, and beer. It equals 4.8 liters in today`s measurements. Until the New Kingdom (NK), the hekat was one tenth of a khar, later one sixteenth; while the New Kingdom oipe (transcribed ip.t) contained 4 hekat. It was sub-divided into o...
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