Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod 531

Made:: 1931; 250 BCE in Cairo

Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod [531 mm] inscribed
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Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod [531 mm] inscribed with six main divisions [87-89 mm] and smaller subdivisions at each end. Made from the original found at Dendera and thought to be Ptolemaic [c. 250 BC]. Now held at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Details

Category:: Weighing & Measuring

Object Number:: 1931-149

Materials:: plaster

Measurements:: overall: 27 x 531 x 27 mm

type:: ancient egyptian linear measure (cubit)

credit:: Service des Antiquites, Egyptian Museum, Cairo

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