Editing Digit (unit) (section)

===Ancient Egypt===
{{main|Ancient Egyptian units of measurement}}
The digit, also called a finger or fingerbreadth, is a unit of measurement originally based on the breadth of a human finger. In Ancient Egypt it was the basic unit of subdivision of the [[cubit]].<ref name=brit/>

On surviving [[Ancient Egyptian units of measurement|Ancient Egyptian]] [[Measuring rod#Ancient Egypt|cubit-rods]], the [[Cubit#Ancient Egyptian royal cubit|royal cubit]] is divided into seven [[Palm (length)|palms]] of four digits or fingers each.<ref name=selin/> The royal cubit measured approximately 525&nbsp;mm,<ref name=lepsius/> so the length of the ancient Egyptian digit was about 19&nbsp;mm.
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|+'''Ancient Egyptian units of length'''<ref name=clagett/>
!|Name!! |Egyptian name!!align="center"|Equivalent Egyptian values!! |Metric equivalent
|-
|Royal cubit ||  <small><hiero>M23-t:n-D42</hiero> </small> ''meh niswt'' || align="center" | 7 palms or 28 digits || align="right" | 525&nbsp;mm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|Fist ||  <!---<small><hiero>?</hiero> </small> '' ??? ''---> ||align="center" | 6 digits ||align="right" | 108&nbsp;mm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|Hand ||  <!---<small><hiero>?</hiero> </small> '' ??? ''---> ||align="center" | 5 digits ||align="right" | 94&nbsp;mm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|Palm ||  <small><hiero>D48</hiero> </small> ''shesep'' || align="center" | 4 digits||align="right" | 75&nbsp;mm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|-
|Digit ||  <small><hiero> D50</hiero> </small> ''djeba'' || align="center" | 1/4 palm ||align="right" | 19&nbsp;mm&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
|}