…The natural mass system (b) was widespread in almost all ancient Oriental countries, and the mass standard was determined by wheat grains. The unit determined by the mass of 180 grains of wheat was called shekel, sicle, siclus, etc., depending on the region (shekel in Japanese translations of the Bible), and the actual weight ranged from about 8 to 11 grams. The units talent and mina (or mine) were used as double the shekel, and it is said that the modern Western scales of pound and kilogram also have some traces of the mina. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "sicle" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…古代オリエント諸国にほぼ共通して,(ロ)の自然物方式が行き渡っており,小麦の粒による質量基準が定められていた。小麦180粒の質量で決めた単位の呼名は,シェケルshekel,シクルsicle,シクルスsiclusなどと地域により異なり(聖書の邦訳ではシケル),実体も8~11gほどの幅を示していた。そして,このシェケルの倍量としてタレントtalent,ミナmina(またはミネmine)という単位が使われたが,近代西欧の衡であるポンドやキログラムも,どこかでミナの跡を引いているといわれる。… ※「sicle」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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