Historical Units

Arşın (Cubit)

Tanım

Dirsekten orta parmak ucuna kadar olan mesafeye dayalı antik uzunluk birimi; medeniyete göre genellikle 45 ile 52 cm arasında değişir.

Açıklama

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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