Kikkar

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Kikkar is the Hebrew name for the ancient Babylonian mass unit talent . It is mentioned for the first time in the Bible ( 2nd Book of Kings 18:14). 1 Kikkar corresponds to 60 Manäh or 3000 Schäkäl .

literature

  • Benedict Zuckermann: About talmudic coins and weights. Grass, Barth and Komp., Breslau 1862, pp. 7, 11