III Weights and Measures
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 ḲA = 60 GIN.
1 GUR = 300 ḲA.
Later Scale
1 GUR = 180 ḲA.
III. Measures Of Length
1 ell (U) = 60 ubanu.
1 ḳânu = 6 ells.
1 GAR = 2 ḳânu.
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 ḲA.
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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