Convert cubit (Sumerian) to cubit (ordinary Egyptian)
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Definition and details for cubit (Sumerian):
A copper bar, which is believed that it was the Sumerian Nippur cubit, found by the German Assyriologist Eckhard Unger during the WWI in 1916 at Nippur. This cubit is 518.616 mm with an assumed error of 1%.
Definition and details for cubit (ordinary Egyptian):
The ordinary Egyptian cubit is estimated to be 45 cm long. This was shorter than the Royal Egyptian "long" cubit.