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𓆷 𓄿 𓏲 𓄹 𓏥 | weight, worth, value |

𓆑 𓄿 𓂡 | weigh | v.ar βάρος 𓆑 𓄿 𓂡 | weigh | v.ak ⇔ wiegen वजन vaj̈an وَزْن wazn 𓆑 𓄿 𓇋 𓆭 | weight ? | jnairy ⇔ jew / yairsn 𓆑 𓄿 𓀋 𓂡 | raise, lift up, carry, support, weigh, present, deliver (taxes, tribute) | fahr?

𓅱 𓂧 𓈖 𓍖 𓏛 | wacen وَزْن wazn ওজন wiegen ва́га бескеⁿ < biegen ≈ pes- / paino : 𓅱 𓂧 𓈖 𓍖 𓏛 | weigh (on someone, of affairs) | weighting 𓅱 𓂧 𓈖 𓍖 𓈒 𓏥 | weightens | be heavy | weighting <> EN: dense ++ 𓅱 𓂧 𓈖 𓍖 𓊌 | be heavy, weigh, become difficult | 𓅱 𓂧 𓈖 𓆻 𓏛 | offer (to) | <> pour, wait, weight

𓄓 tongue of balance 𓍝

𓄲 𓈖 𓂂 | weight (of balance) | ton <> tangle tyngde тегло́ tegló 𓄲 𓈖 𓊌 | weight (of about 13.6 grammes), weight (of balance) | Ben 1ˢᵗ (copper) deben 𓄷 𓈖 𓊌 | weight (of about 27 grammes), weight (of balance) | (gold) Deben™ •di²ben 𓂧 𓈖 𓊃 𓊌 | heaviness | density +++ <> 𓃀𓍢… وزن vazn 𓂧 𓈖 𓋴 𓍖 𓊌 | heavy, irksome, burdensome (of years), overburdened (of stomach), weighty | dense 𓂧 𓈖 𓋴 𓍖 𓊌 𓏥 | weights (of net) | dangles þunguz tyngd <> ثِقْل *ṯql

Deben

𓂧 𓃀 𓈖 𓄷 𓊌 | a weight (of about 13 - 13.6 grammes) | Deben™ <> ክብደት kəbdät ? 0.48 oz; 0.44 ozt gold deben, the former being about twice as heavy (27 g (0.95 oz; 0.87 ozt)) •thumb? copper and gold deben were used since Early Dynastic Period in ancient Egypt.

𓄲 𓈖 𓊌 triple deben weight stone, 29 grams (1.0 oz) 𓍢 𓏲 𓍬 𓄲 𓄳 𓄴 𓄵 𓄶 𓄷

At the Second Intermediate Period site of Tell el-Dab'a were found sets of sphendonoid weighing stones confirming the use of shekel weighing system, both "Syrian" (9-9.5 g) and "Mesopotamian" (c. 8.1-8.5 g).[8] Here presumably stems the changed weighing system of the New Kingdom, with a completely different deben unit.

From the New Kingdom one deben was equal to about 90 g (3.2 oz; 2.9 ozt) to 95 grams (3.4 oz; 3.1 ozt). It was divided into ten 𓐪 𓏏 𓊌 kidet (alt. kit, kite or qedet) of c. 9.0 grams (0.32 oz; 0.29 ozt) to 9.5 grams (0.34 oz; 0.31 ozt), or into what is referred to by Egyptologists as 'pieces', 𓋩 𓏤 𓊌 one twelfth of a deben weighing 7.6 g (0.27 oz; 0.24 ozt).It was frequently used to denote value of goods, by comparing their worth to a weight of metal, generally silver or copper. The value of the metal artefacts was expressed by deben, and the weight equalled the value.

𓐪 𓏏 𓊌 | kite / kidet / qedet (weight of one tenth of a deben) | quant count <> ክብደት kəbdät ! 𓋩 𓏤 𓊌 | weight and value of a twelfth of one deben |

𓇋 𓇩 𓊃 𓆰 | be light (of weight), lie light |

1 Sep = 10 Deben = 100 Qedet (Kite) ≈ 940 Gramm ≈ 1 kg 𓆼 kilo

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