Historical Units

キュビット

定義

肘から中指の先端までの距離に基づく古代の長さの単位で、文明によって約45~52 cmの範囲にわたる。

解説

One of humanity's oldest recorded measurements, the cubit appears in Egyptian, Babylonian, Hebrew, and Roman texts. The Royal Egyptian cubit (~52.4 cm) was standardized using a granite master rod and used to build the Great Pyramid of Giza with remarkable precision. The shorter 'common cubit' of roughly 45 cm is the one referenced in most biblical descriptions, including Noah's Ark.

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