Shekel (unit)
A silver shekel from the time of the Bar Kochba uprising
The shekel or shekel was according to the silver main coin in the Eastern Mediterranean and Persia, the Greek drachma. The Greek translation is "Siglos". In Later Persia, their weight was 5.6 grams of silver, one-twentieth the value of a darik .
As with almost all ancient currencies, the coin value almost corresponded to the metal value. Therefore, the shekel was also an old Babylonian , Phoenician and Hebrew unit of weight, especially for precious metals such as gold and silver . Talent , mine , shekel and kesita were based on Persian units. As a unit of mass, it is included in the Babylonian- Assyrian system of measurement.
- 1 shekel = 1/50 mine (about 12 grams)
- 1 shekel (holy) = 2 beka = 20 gera = 14.55 grams
- 1 shekel (weight) = 2 Beka = 20 Gera = 16.37 grams
literature
- Hermann Schelenz: History of Pharmacy. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 1904, pp. 15, 16. (Reprint: Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-52552-0 )
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hermann Schelenz: History of Pharmacy. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 1904, pp. 15, 16. (Reprint: Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-52552-0 )