Cubit Stone Measuring Rod
- Made:
- 250 BCE; 1931 in Egypt
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Plaster replica of black Basalt Cubit Rod [531 mm] inscribed with Deuiotic text and 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:
- 1931-150
- Measurements:
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overall: 35 x 530 x 35 mm
weight: 9.24kg
weight: 20.37082lbs
- type:
- rules (measuring devices) and replicas
- credit:
- Service des Antiquites, Egyptian Museum, Cairo
