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Hekat (volume unit)
A hekat is an ancient Egyptian weights and measures volume unit, used to measure grain, bread, and beer, and further sub-divided into other units for medical prescriptions, beginning with the oipe, hin, jar, dja and ro. The hin was a 1/10th of a hekat unit, while the ro was a 1/320th of a hekat unit.
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