Ancient Levantine unit of standard, most likely twenty-fourth of a sheqel of 9.60 g, mean weight of 0.40g (Judahite standard),
or twenty-fourth of a sheqel of 14.40g, mean weight of 0.60g (Philistian and Samarian standard). The term is known from the
Bible and is epigraphically attested in Persian-period finds from the southern Levant.
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