volume · Ancient Egypt · Antiquity

hekat

approx.

Definition

UCL reconstructs 1 hin ≈0.48 L from inscribed vessels; Old/Middle Kingdom relation 1 hekat = 10 hin gives ≈4.8 L.

One hekat is understood to be about 0.0048 cubic metres.

Later New Kingdom capacity systems changed, including double/quadruple hekat forms and altered khar relationships.

Retained primarily for historical, educational, or reference use rather than as a current standardized calculator unit.

The hekat is unusually teachable because written ratios and surviving vessel evidence can be combined to reconstruct capacity.

volume · Ancient Egypt · Ancient

One Egyptian hekat (Old/Middle Kingdom reference) is understood to be about 0.0048 cubic metres.

approx.

Source tier Tier A · confidence Moderate-High

volume · International · Modern

Non-SI unit accepted for use with the SI; 1 L = 1 dm³ = 10⁻³ m³.

volume · International · Modern

1 mL = 10^-3 L = 10^-6 m³.

m³

volume · International · Modern

Coherent SI derived unit for volume, equal to metre cubed.