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These lengths typically ranged from 44.4 to 52.92 cm (1 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in to 1 ft 8 + 13 ⁄ 16 in), with an ancient Roman cubit being as long as 120 cm (3 ft 11 in). Cubits of various lengths were employed in many parts of the world in antiquity, during the Middle Ages and as recently as early modern times.
A curve is divided into five sections and the height of the curve is given in cubits, palms, and digits in each of the sections. [2] [3] 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.
1 stadium (ris) = 1600 palms (2 ⁄ 15 mile) (tefah). [15] Others say that 1 stadium was equivalent to 470–500 cubits. [16] 1 day's journey (derekh yom) = 10 parasangs (parasa) The other two additional units are more ambiguous.
square foot hexapodēs ἑξαπόδης: 36 podes 3.42 m 2 (36.8 sq ft) square six-foot akaina ἄκαινα: 100 podes 9.50 m 2 (102.3 sq ft) rod hēmiektos ἡμίεκτος: 833 + 1 ⁄ 3 podes 79.2 m 2 (853 sq ft) half a sixth hektos ἕκτος: 1,666 + 2 ⁄ 3 podes 158.3 m 2 (1,704 sq ft) a sixth of a plethron aroura ἄρουρα ...
Then he made a bronze altar that was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high. [12] "Cubit": a measurement unit of about 18 inches (460 mm); [13] thus 20 cubits would have been about 30 feet (9.1 m) (for the length and width of the altar) and 10 cubits would have been about 15 feet (4.6 m) (for the height). [14]
Ells are used for measuring the length of rope in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. [15] Since Sam declares that 30 elles are "about" 18 fathoms (108 feet), he seems to be using the 45-inch English ell, which would work out to 112 feet. In the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Green Knight's axe-head was an ell (45 inches ...
Zoll – Inch, usually 1 ⁄ 12 foot, but also 1 ⁄ 10. Fuss – Foot, varied between 23.51 cm in Wesel and 40.83 cm in Trier. Rheinfuss – Rhine foot, used in the North, 31.387 cm; Elle – Ell / cubit, distance between elbow and finger tip. In the North, often 2 feet, In Prussia 17 ⁄ 8 feet, in the South variable, often 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet.
His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. ... cubits in width", which is 13.5 by 6 feet ... 13 feet (2.7 and 4.0 m) in height.