[Avodah] The amah and the floor of the Bet HaMikdash

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| The water tunnel is 525m long. The inscription says that it's  1,200
| amos. Which would be 53.75cm per ammah. However, 1,200 is a round  number,
| meaning that the real value could be in the range of 1150 to 1250.  The
| largest possible ammah in late bayis rishon, given the  inscription,
| would be 45.7cm. 44.4cm or anything else the floor tiles might  have been
| is in range, even assuming the squares are the whole  design.


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The largest possible ammah, at 45.7 cm, would be 18 inches, which is the  
number I've always used to translate ammos into modern  measurements.



--Toby  Katz
t613k at aol.com
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