mḥ-tꜣ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mht"
Egyptian
editEtymology
editFrom mḥ (“cubit”) + tꜣ (“land”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘a cubit of land’; since land was parcelled into strips of 1 by 100 cubits, one such strip of 100 square cubits was considered ‘a cubit of land’.
Pronunciation
edit- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /mɛh tɑ/
- Conventional anglicization: meh-ta
Noun
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- a centaroura, a measure of area equivalent to one hundredth of a sṯꜣt (“aroura”) or 100 square mḥw (“cubits”) (about 0.0028 hectares).
Inflection
editAlternative forms
editAlternative hieroglyphic writings of mḥ-tꜣ
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mḥ-tꜣ |
References
edit- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 105.
- Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN