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The cubit is based on measuring by comparing... The Egyptian Royal Cubit and Sumerian Nippur cubit... The Egyptian Royal Cubit and Sumerian Nippur cubit... The Egyptian Royal Cubit and Sumerian Nippur cubit... The cubit is among the first recorded units of... palm cubit of about 444... so the Roman cubit is about 17... a cubit of about 444...

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CUBIT (multi-touch) | qubit | ulna | | citations | verification | reliable references | challenged | This derivation of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, depicts nine historical units of measurement: the Yard, the Span, the Cubit, the Flemish Ell, the English Ell, the French Ell, the Fathom, the Hand , and the Foot.  The Vitruvian man was drawn to scale, so the units depicted are displayed with their proper historical ratios. | | Vitruvian Man | Leonardo da Vinci | Yard | Span | Ell | Fathom | Hand | Foot | length | hieroglyph | Antiquity | Middle-Ages | Early Modern Times | yard | ell | From the Nippur ell to the old royal cubit | | length | Step Pyramid | Djoser | Ottoman Empire | WWI | assyriologist | square root | hypotenuse | Roman cubitus | French feet | Lagash | Persian | Mesoamerica | Jewish | ancient Israel | Anthropic units | Hasta (measure) | History of measurement | Systems of measurement | Units of measurement | Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement | | Wiktionary | Categories | Obsolete units of measure | Units of length | Human-based units of measure | Articles needing additional references from February 2008 |
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