JUDAHITE STONE WEIGHT Of 8 Shekels
SKU: R59A.
Period: Iron Age.
Date: 8th – 7th Century BC.
Weight: 83.7g.
Material: Stone.
Description
Description
JUDAHITE STONE WEIGHT Of 8 Shekels
8th – 7th century BCE.
During the first Temple period a standard of specifically Judean weight evolved in the levant, as might be expected for a later, derivative weight system, developed at a crossroads of civilization, the Judean system appears to contain elements that link it to several other systems.
the weights of Judea are Also of special interest because the shekels and some of its fractions are mentioned by name in the Bible.
see:(EXODUS 30:13 and 38:26), (NEHEMIAH 10:33) and (I SAMUEL 31:21).
