- The
hekat or
heqat (transcribed HqA.t) was an
ancient Egyptian volume unit used to
measure grain, bread, and beer. It
equals 4.8 litres, or
about 1.056...
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Papyrus there is no
discussion beyond the bare
outline stated above. The
hekat was 1⁄30 of a
cubic cubit (approximately 4.8 L or 1.1 imp gal or 1.3 US gal)...
- in 1906. The
first half of the
tablet details five
multiplications of a
hekat, a unit of
volume made up of 64 dja, by 1/3, 1/7, 1/10, 1/11 and 1/13. The...
- in 2007.
Hekat, the protagonist, is a girl-brat, born an
unwanted burden to her family. Her
father beats his wife and
threatens to rape
Hekat on the insistence...
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named Hekat as she
rises to
become one of the most
powerful and
feared leaders in the land. Born into a life of
hardship and suffering,
Hekat is sold...
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conjunction with the
later notation for
Egyptian fractions to
subdivide a
hekat, the
primary ancient Egyptian volume measure for grain, bread, and other...
- with the
American and
British half-pint
rather than
French units.
Firlot Hekat Hogshead Homer House cord – a
former U.S. unit of
volume for
stacked firewood...
- a
hekat,
hekat x 22/x x 7/22 =
hekat;[citation needed] however,
Ahmes continued to use the
traditional 256/81
value for π for
computing his
hekat volume...
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signs derived from hieroglyphs. The
hieratic signs stood for
fractions of a
hekat, the
basic Egyptian measure of volume. Möller
hypothesized that the Horus-eye...
- for
vessels (debeh) used in
measuring grain by the
functionaries of the granary: done into henu, 1
hekat makes 10; 1⁄2
makes 5; 1⁄4
makes 2+1⁄2; etc....
