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TABLE OF THE JEWISH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,

PARTICULARLY OF THOSE MENTIONED IN JOSEPHUS'S WORKS.

Of the Jewish Measures of Length.

Inches. Feet. Inches
Cubit, the Standard 21 1 9
Zereth, or Large Span 10½ 0 10½
Small Span 7 0 7
Palm, or Hand's Breadth 3½ 9 3½
Inch, or Thumb's Breadth 1,16 0 1,16
Digit or Finger's Breadth ,875 ,875
Orgyia, or Fathom 84 7 0
Ezekiel's Canneh, or Reed 126 10 6
Arabian Canneh, or Pole 168 14 6
Schaenus Line, or Chain 1680 140 0
Sabbath-Day's Journey 42000 3500 0
Jewish Mile 84000 7000 0
Stadium, or Furlong 8400 700 0
Parasang 252000 21000 0
Of the Jewish Measures of Capacity.
Cub. Inches. Pints or Pounds
Bath, or Epha 80, 274 27, 83
Corus, or Chomer 8072, 74 278, 3
Seah, or Salop 269, 091 9, 266
Ditto, according to Josephus 828, 28 28, 3
Hin 134, 54 4,463, 1
Ditto, according to Josephus 414, 12 14, 3
Omer, or Assaron 80, 727 2, 78
Cab 44, 8S9 1, 544
Log 11, 21 ,39
Metretes, or Syrian Firkin 207 7, 125
Of the Jewish Weights and Coins.
£ s. d.
Stater, Silus, or Shekel of the Sanctuary, the Standard 0 2 6
Tyrian Coin, equal to the Shekel 0 2 6
Bekah, Half of the Shekel 0 1 3
Drachma Attica, one-fourth 0 0 7½
Drachma Alexandrina, or Darchmon, or Adarchmon, one-half 0 1 3
Gerah, or Obolus, one-twentieth 0 0 1
Maneh, Mna, (100 Shekels in weight) 21900 Grains Troy
Maneh, Mna, or Mina as a coin (60 Shekels) 7 10 0
Talent of Silver (3000 Shekels) 375 0 0
Drachma of Gold, not more than 0 1 1
Shekel of Gold, not more than 0 4 7
Daric of Gold 1 0 4
Talent of Gold, not more than 648 0 0
Table of the Jewish Months in Josephus and others, with the Names of the Syromacedonian Names Josephus gives them, and of the Julian or Roman Months corresponding to them.
Hebrew Names. Syromacudonian Names. Roman Names.
(1.) Nisan. Xanthicus. March and April.
(2.) Sivan. Artemesius. April and May.
(3.) Tamuz. Dassius. May and June.
(4.) Ab. Panemus. June and July.
(5.) Elul. Lous. July and August.
(6.) Tisri. Gorpiscus. August and September.
(7.) Marhesvan. Hyperberetaens. September and October.
(8.) Casleu. Dius. October and November.
(9.) Tebeth. Apellaeus. November and December.
(10.) Shebat. Audinaeus. December and January.
(11.) Adar. Peritius. January and February.
( ) Ve Adar, or the second Adar, intercalated. Dystrus. February and March.
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