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Shekel

A shekel or sheqel (Akkadian: 𒅆𒅗𒇻, romanized: šiqlu, siqlu; Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎖𐎍, romanized: ṯiql, Hebrew: שקל, romanized: šeqel, plural Hebrew: שקלים, romanized: šəqālim, Phoenician: 𐤔𐤒𐤋) is an ancient Mesopotamian coin, usually of silver. A shekel was first a unit of weight of a value that varied over time and by issuing authority. It was also used in ancient…

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Edges95
Triples131
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
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related to Second Temple period half-Shekel Temple tax · 24
Shekel → According, Amir Ganor, Archaeological, Athenian, Attic, Boaz Zissu, CE, During, Ethri, Half-Shekel, Hebrew, Horvat, IAA, Israel, Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jews, Josephus, Land
related to Name · 21
Shekel → Akkad, Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, BC, Book, Code, Daniel, English, Genesis, Hammurabi, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, It, Mene, Naram-Sin, Proto-Semitic, Sumerian, The, The Hebrew
related to history · 20
Shekel → Achaemenid Empire, Anatolian, Athenian, Carthaginian, Coins, Croesus, Daric, Early, Edomites, Herodotus, Israelites, King, Later, Lydia, Moabites, Phoenicians, Semitic, Silver, The, Tyre
related to Carthage · 18
Shekel → Barcid, BC, Carthage's, Carthaginian, Carthaginian Empire's, Hannibal, Iberia, It, North Africa, Punic Wars, Sardinia, Second Punic War, Sicily, Spain, The, The Punic, Third Punic War, Throughout
related to Israel · 15
Shekel → Bank, Both Israeli, English, Hebrew, IS, Israel, Israeli, It, Its, NIS, Shekels, Sheqalim, Sheqel, The, With
related to Tyre · 10
Shekel → BC, In, Jerusalem, Jesus, Judas Iscariot, New Testament, Owing, Temple, The Tyrian, Tyrian
related to Jewish–Roman wars · 9
Shekel → AD, Bar Kokhba, First Jewish, Judea, Roman, Roman War, The Bar Kochba, The First Jewish Revolt, Tyrian
related to Israelites · 8
Shekel → According, Exodus, Israel, Israelites, Levitical, Numbers, Sanctuary, Temple
related to External links · 3
Shekel → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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weight used israel grams first also temple silver hebrew coins ancient bc shekels unit half-shekel tyre philistia may common coinage

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thiqālinstance ofin words0.80text
gramsinstance ofused as other units0.80text
troy ounces for trading before the advent of coinsinstance ofused as other units0.80text
Shekelrelated to CarthageThe Punic0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthageCarthaginian0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthageIt0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthageSicily0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthageBC0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthageCarthage's0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthagePunic Wars0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthageThe0.60section
Shekelrelated to CarthageCarthaginian Empire's0.60section

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