The amma (ἄμμα, sometimes rendered in translation as cord) was an Attic Greek unit of length or distance. According to Hero of Alexandria, amma is the Greek term for a measure of length, probably Egyptian in origin, which was derived from the string or the rope used to measure out distances.
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