MEASURES OF WEIGHT
talent.....6,000 lepta or assaria ........125 librae centenarius ......100 librae
libra ... 12 ounces......288 grams......1,728 carats......3,456 barleycorns ounce.. .2 staters... .24 grams... .4 shekels.....8 lepta .....7 oboloi
stater.........2 double zuze gram.....6 carats shekel.........2 lepta .........2 zuze ........ kodrantes (another) kodrantes ...........25 denarii zuza ............. lepton .......... holke ......1/8 ounceiron obolus......1/8 or 1/7 ouncesilver obolus.... 1/80 ounce |144
Italian mina.....40 staters......20 ounces.......1 2/3 librae Theban mina.........60 staters...........2 1/2 librae other minae.............................2 or 4 librae assarion .........100 lepta
MEASURES OF LENGTH AND AREA
field.... 5 or 6 seahs.......5 plethra of land of the first class or 6 plethra of land of the second class jugon ......5 or 6 fields.......30 sataeans ......... koraean field......20 akainai by 20 akainai akaina .....6 2/3 cubitsEgyptian field.......100 cubits by 100 cubits plethron ............20 (akainai) by 20 cubits koraean of second class.....60 sataeansjugum .............2 1/3 sataeanssataean (modius) ...........5 or 6 cabs jugera .....called zyga in Cyprus, syntelesmata elsewheredecad......(apparently) 10 days' plowing among the Palestinians, 10 sataeans, about 5 Roman jugera cubit.......length of forearm to tip of middle fingercubit... .24 fingers... .3 spans... 6 hands... 4 palms or hand-lengthssquare cubit.......48 fingerssolid cubit....... 192 fingersfinger..............8 lepta palm (handlength).....6 fingersspan..................8 fingershand..................4 fingers
COINS
denarion ..............60 assaria silver (talent)......100 denaria ......6,000 lepta ..... nomisma stater..............2 double zuze shekel..........2 lepta ...........2 zuze silver mina.....100 denarii kodrantes ........25 denarii ........ ködarion iron obolus......1/8 ounce |145
silver obolus......1/80 ouncedouble zuza ........20 silver oboloi chalkus .......... zuza .............1/8 ounce nummus ........... dichryson ........1/2 silver (denarius) silver (denarius) ........ miliarision lepton ........... assarion ........ ziretia ...........obolus double follis or purse........2 1/2 silver (minae)........250 denarii follis ...................125 silver (denarii) follis ............2 lepta according to the copper coinage folis ............. sala or (better) sela ........1/2 ounce
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* Apparently based on the Cyprian modius of 17 xestai, which would make the seah about the same as the usual modius of 22 xestai, more exactly 21 1/4 xestai. Peshitta and LXX identify seah and modius in Matt. 5:15. The seah is a dry measure.
† But cf. § 8.
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