Historical Units

탈란트

정의

고대 세계의 무게 및 화폐 단위로, 히브리식 약 26 kg에서 아테네식(아티카) 약 60 kg까지 다양했다.

설명

Divided into 60 minas or 3,600 shekels in Mesopotamian systems, the talent was used to weigh metals — particularly gold, silver, and copper. In the New Testament parable of the talents, one talent of silver represented roughly 20 years of wages for a laborer. The English word 'talent' (meaning skill or gift) derives directly from this unit via the parable.

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