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A Metrological Study of the Late Roman Fort of Umm al-Dabadib, Kharga Oasis (Egypt)
Abstract This article contains a first metrological analysis of the Late Roman Fort of Umm al-Dabadib, built at the beginning of the 4th century AD at the outskirts of the Kharga Oasis, in the Egyptian Western Desert. This site is currently under study by the Italian Archaeological Mission to Umm al-Dabadib; after completing the 3D survey of the building, the team moved to the study of its dimensional patterns. The resulting 3D model was tested for the use of Roman and Egyptian units of measurement, and revealed that the building was planned and built according to the Egyptian Reformed Cubit. The Fort of Umm al-Dabadib, therefore, currently represents the latest attestation of the use of the Egyptian cubit in architecture.
A Metrological Study of the Late Roman Fort of Umm al-Dabadib, Kharga Oasis (Egypt)
Abstract This article contains a first metrological analysis of the Late Roman Fort of Umm al-Dabadib, built at the beginning of the 4th century AD at the outskirts of the Kharga Oasis, in the Egyptian Western Desert. This site is currently under study by the Italian Archaeological Mission to Umm al-Dabadib; after completing the 3D survey of the building, the team moved to the study of its dimensional patterns. The resulting 3D model was tested for the use of Roman and Egyptian units of measurement, and revealed that the building was planned and built according to the Egyptian Reformed Cubit. The Fort of Umm al-Dabadib, therefore, currently represents the latest attestation of the use of the Egyptian cubit in architecture.
A Metrological Study of the Late Roman Fort of Umm al-Dabadib, Kharga Oasis (Egypt)
Rossi, Corinna (author) / Fiorillo, Fausta (author)
Nexus Network Journal ; 20 ; 373-391
2018-05-25
19 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Building type: Late Roman fort , Geographical area: Egypt , Egyptian Western Desert , Historical era: Late Roman Period , Commensurable ratios , Dimensions , Geometric analysis , Metrology Mathematics , Mathematics, general , History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics , Popular Science, general , History, general
Egyptian cubits and Late Roman architecture: the design of the forts of the Kharga Oasis (Egypt)
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