Khaset (nome)
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Khaset (Mountain bull, also Chasuu) was one of 42 nomes (administrative division) in ancient Egypt, specifically it was the 6th Nome of lower Egypt.[1][2][3][4]
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Khaset was one of the 20 nomes in Lower Egypt and had district number 6.
The area of the district is not readable, usually the nomes were about 30–40 km (18–24 miles) in length and their area depending on the depth of the Nile valley and the beginning of the desert.[1] The area was calculated in cha-ta (1 cha-ta equals roughly 2.75 hectare / 2.4 acres) and the distance was calculated in iteru (1 iteru equals roughly 10.5 km / 6.2 miles) in length.[5]
The Niwt (main city) was Khasu/Xois (part of modern Sakha) and among other cities were Per-Wadjet/Buto (modern Tell el-Farain). Per-Wadjet was sometimes also part of the Sap-Meh nome.[2][3][4]
