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Weights and MeasuresInsight on the Scriptures, Volume 2
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1 mina (maneh)
= 50 shekels
570 g (18.35 oz t)
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Weights and MeasuresInsight on the Scriptures, Volume 2
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The mina of the Christian Greek Scriptures is reckoned at 100 drachmas. (See DRACHMA.) This would mean that the Greek mina weighed 340 g (10.9 oz t)
A set of inscribed shekel weights from Lachish
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