Shekels in the context of Talent (measurement)

The talent (Ancient Greek: τάλαντον, talanton, Latin: talentum, Biblical Hebrew: kikkar כִּכָּר, Ugaritic: kkr (𐎋𐎋𐎗), Phoenician: kkr (𐤒𐤒𐤓), Syriac: kakra (ܟܲܟܪܵܐ),, Akkadian: kakkaru or gaggaru in the Amarna tablets, later Aramaic: qintara (קינטרא‎)) was a unit of weight used in the ancient world, often used for weighing gold and silver.

In the Hebrew Bible, it is recorded that the gold used in the work of the sanctuary (tabernacle), where the Ark of the Covenant was, weighed 29 talents and 730 shekels, and silver 100 talents and 1,775 shekels (1 talent = 3,000 shekels). The enormous wealth of King Solomon is described as receiving 666 gold talents a year.

The mina /ˈmaɪnə/ (Akkadian: 𒈠𒈾, romanized: manû; Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐, romanized: mn; Imperial Aramaic: מְנֵא, romanized: mənēʾ; Hebrew: מָנֶה, romanized: māneh; Classical Syriac: ܡܢܝܐ, romanized: manyāʾ; Ancient Greek: μνᾶ, romanized: mnā; Latin: mina) is an ancient Near Eastern unit of weight for silver or gold, equivalent to approximately 1.25 pounds (0.57 kg), which was divided into 60 shekels. The mina, like the shekel, eventually also became a unit of currency.
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