historical unit of measurement
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concept
A historical unit of measurement is a quantity standard once used in a specific culture or period to measure physical properties like length, mass, or volume, but later replaced or standardized in modern systems.
Aliases (3)
- Near Eastern unit of weight ×1
- ancient Egyptian unit ×1
- ancient unit of mass ×1
Instances (4)
- tical (historical unit)
- shekel (weight-based) ("ancient unit of mass")
- Egyptian cubit ("ancient Egyptian unit")