  I. Weights 1 shekel = 180 ŠÊ. 1 mina = 60 shekels. 1 talent = 60 minas. The weight of the mina may be reckoned in round numbers as 500 grams. II. Measures Of Capacity Early Scale 1 GIN = 180 ŠÊ (?). 1 ?A = 60 GIN. 1 GUR = 300 ?A. Later Scale 1 GUR = 180 ?A. III. Measures Of Length 1 ell (U) = 60 ubanu. 1 ?Ânu = 6 ells. 1 GAR = 2 ?Ânu. 1 KASBU = 1,800 GAR. On other measures see A. D. D., ii., pp. 197-218. The ell is about half a metre. IV. Measures Of Surface 1 GIN = 180 ŠÊ. 1 SAR = 60 GIN. 1 GAN = 1,800 SAR. The area of the SAR was one GAR square, or 6 metres square. Areas were also measured by the amount of corn required to sow them, or their average yield, that is by the GUR and ?A. V. Measures Of Time 1 day = 12 double hours. 1 month = 30 days, average. 1 year = 12 months, average. Further details may be obtained from Zimmern's Das Princip unserer Zeit-und Raumteilung, in the Berichten d. philolog. histor. Classe d. KÖnigl. SÄchs. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. November 14, 1901. |
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