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Ancient Egyptian unit of volume
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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Traditional English riddle
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)
As_I_was_going_to_St_Ives
Ancient Egyptian texts
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
Akhmim_wooden_tablets
Ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health
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
Eye_of_Horus
Novel trilogy by Karen Miller
and Ethrea. The series follows the journey of a young slave girl named Hekat with a rare and mysterious power of hearing the gods as she rises to become
Godspeaker
Finite sum of distinct unit fractions
conjunction with the later notation for Egyptian fractions to subdivide a hekat, the primary ancient Egyptian volume measure for grain, bread, and other
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System of measurement used in Ancient Egypt
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.
Ancient Egyptian units of measurement
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Historical development of geometry
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
History_of_geometry
Ancient Egyptian mathematical document
explicitly cites, "seven houses, 49 cats, 343 mice, 2401 ears of spelt, 16807 hekats." In particular problem 79 concerns a situation in which 7 houses each contain
Rhind_Mathematical_Papyrus
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
List of obsolete units of measurement
List_of_obsolete_units_of_measurement
Number expressed in the base-2 numeral system
quantities of grain, liquids, or other measures, in which a fraction of a hekat is expressed as a sum of the binary fractions 1⁄2, 1⁄4, 1⁄8, 1⁄16, 1⁄32
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Topics referred to by the same term
Hin recombinase, a protein Hin, an ancient Egyptian unit of volume; see hekat Hin, a Biblical and Talmudic unit of measurement High injury network Hindley
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Ancient Egyptian mathematical manuscript
the 25 problems. A pefsu measures the strength of the beer made from a hekat of grain pefsu = number loaves of bread (or jugs of beer) number of heqats
Moscow_Mathematical_Papyrus
Unregulated volume units still in use
(The principal Egyptian standards from small to large were the ro, hin, hekat, and khar.) Because of the lack of official definitions, many of these units
Approximate_measures
Theban tomb
seated in a kiosk. The figure of Amenmose had been out. The king holds a hekat-scepter and an ankh. Elsewhere in the tomb is a depiction of king Amenhotep
TT89
Natural number
kittens, but reaching one more step, 7 5 = 16807 {\displaystyle 7^{5}=16807} hekat (an ancient Egyptian unit of measurement for grain). Another puzzle of the
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Mathematical exercise presented in ordinary language
has eaten seven grains of barley; each grain would have produced seven hekat. What is the sum of all the enumerated things? In more modern times the
Word problem (mathematics education)
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Topics referred to by the same term
located near the Dja River in Cameroon Dja, a sub-divided unit of the hekat, an ancient Egyptian volume unit Dja Dja Wurrung people, an Aboriginal Australian
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Specifications for quantities of ingredients
measuring systems of the Hindus and the ancient Egyptians, who subdivided the hekat (about 4.8 litres) into parts of 1⁄2, 1⁄4,1⁄8, 1⁄16, 1⁄32, and 1⁄64 (1 ro
Cooking_weights_and_measures
Archaeological site in Egypt
in the Middle Kingdom. Line 14 states "what was gotten as amethyst: 150 hekat", which is about 680 liters, or enough to fill a pantry. This inscription
Wadi_el-Hudi
Heinrich Karl Brugsch Heinrich Menu von Minutoli Heinz Heinen Heka (god) Hekat Hekenuhedjet Helen Jacquet-Gordon Helenus of Cyrene Helicopter hieroglyphs
Index of ancient Egypt–related articles
Index_of_ancient_Egypt–related_articles
AWT defines scribal remainder arithmetic in term of another context, a hekat (volume unit). Oddly, Gillings did not cite AWT data in "Mathematics in
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Greek
(Εκάτη) Variant spelling of Greek Hekabe, HEKATE means "worker from far off." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of witchcraft, demons, graves, and the underworld.
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Greek
(Χθόνια) Feminine form of Greek Khthonios, KHTHONIA means "of the earth (especially the inner earth, i.e. underworld)." In mythology, this is an epithet of Hekate or Persephone.
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Gujarati, Indian
Favourable; Derived from Hit
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Muslim
Wise. Understanding.
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Trust; Faith
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Direction
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Australian, British, English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Latin
Grace
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Arabic, German, Indian, Muslim, Parsi, Persian, Sanskrit
Successful; Victorious; Gem Stone
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Indian
Good, One having a very clean character
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Arabic, Muslim
Servant of the Living (Allah)
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Native American
Mountain lion.
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Light of Wisdom
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