Weights of Ancient Palestine
Palestine Exploration Quarterly ISSN: 0031-0328 (Print) 1743-1301 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ypeq20 Weights of Ancient Palestine E. J. Pilcher To cite this article: E. J. Pilcher (1912) Weights of Ancient Palestine, Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 44:4, 178-195, DOI: 10.1179/peq.1912.44.4.178 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/peq.1912.44.4.178 Published online: 19 Jul 2013. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 8 View related articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ypeq20 Download by: [Universite Laval] Date: 02 April 2016, At: 01:52 178 WEIGHTS OF ANCIENT PALESTINE. done all that" European magic" combined with the subtle arts of archaeology could do to, penetrate to the true heart and inner mystery of Beth-shemesh. It remains with frie'nds of the--Fund to be liberal with their subscriptions and the rest will be easy . We send them. as greeting across Europe from old Beth-shemesh the stirring refrain of th.e fellahin :~"Water of 'Ain Shems! Water for Deir-Aban !" 'AIN SHEl\IS, August, 1912. WEIGHTS OF ANCIENT PALESTINE. By E. J. PILCHER. (Concluded from Q.S., J'ltly, p. 144.) 3. 11he Assyrian Standard. The Mediterranean systems, whether Greek, or Phoenician, must ultimately have been derived from Babylonia, where the table started from the slle'u, or grain, and ran :- 180 grains make one shekel (§hiliZ,u), 60 shekels make one ,mina (mana), 60 minas make one talent (biltu), the chief difference being that in the native home of the sexa- gesimal notation there was more consistency, and 60 shekels went Downloaded by [Universite Laval] at 01:52 02 April 2016 to.the; mina, as well as 60 minas to the talent; just as in the measurement of time, 60 seconds still make one minute,.
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