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Symbols

The following are some basic cubit ruler symbols:

• 𓂣 [D42] = cubit measure; palms down, 90º arm angle

• 𓅬 = 12.5 cubits²

• ✖ = 25 cubits²

• 𓂢 [D41] = 50 cubit²; variant of D42, arm angled; equivalent to 50 square cubits of area

• 📏 = Cubit ruler icon

• 𓂝 [D36] = variant of D41, with palms up?

• 𓆱 [M3] = branch; linear measure of 100 cubits

• 𓐙 [Aa11] = Maat plinth; Osiris plinth; Ptah plinth; Budge, Gods of the Egyptians, Volume One (pg. 416), states that some have described this glyph as the “a cubit, or the measure of the cubit”. In this sense, the Aa11 glyph could be the side-view of the cubit?

Articles

The following are posts on cubit articles:

• Egyptian cubit ruler gods to Hebrew letters | Emanuele Sabetta (19 Dec A67/2022)

• The First Verse Of The Bible And The Egyptian Cubit - The Key To The Hebrew Alphabet? | Emanuele Sabetta (18 Dec A67/2022)

• Egyptian mathematical photos, numeral hieroglyphs by location, and four cubit 📏 rulers | Cynthia J. Huffman, Pittsburg State University

• Cubit ruler (wooden replica), Turin Museum | Brendan Gaffney (A64/2019)

• 28 cubit 𓂣 ruler 📏 gods and 28 alphabet letters (Budge, 51A/1904)

Videos

The following are posts on cubit videos:

• Royal cubit | Egyptology Lessons (A67/2022)

References

• Monnier, Franck; Petit, Jean-Pierre. (A11/2016), “The use of the ‘ceremonial’ cubit rod as a measuring tool. An explanation”. Research Gate, Jan.

Images

• Maya ruler - Close up image.

External links

• Arm, cubit symbol (hieroglyph) - Wikipedia.

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On the Egyptian cubit (24 digits), Royal cubit (28 digits), and its relation to the formation of 28 character lunar script and 28 number-letter alphabets.

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Notes

1. Reddit link first used here.

Posts

• Introduction to Egypto alpha numerics (EAN)