4000 Years Ago In The City State of Athens
OBELISK = STONE PILLAR (e.g. KHQLEOPATRAZ* Needle)
OBOLUS = METAL STCK
OBOL = METAL COIN (Silver)
DIOBOL = 2 METAL STICKS IN ONE (Silver)
6 OBOL (Silver) = 1 DRACHMA (Silver Coin)
A DRACHMA = A HANDFUL = PAY FOR A DAY IN THE FIELD
Enough To Pay Rent And Feed A Wife And Two Children
The Equivalent of A Dollar A Day All Found In America 200 YEARS AGO
100 DRACHMA = 1 MINA ( MINA = MINE = MYNE = MYN )
2 MYNES = 1 SILA OF WATER
(SILA = SILO = RESERVOIR = RESERVE )
60 MYNA = 1 TALENT
6000 DRACHMA = 1 TALENT
1 TALENT = 1 PURE SILVER INGOT 26 KILOGRAMMES =
1 ATTIC TALENT
A TALENT
1 TALENT = X GRAINS OF KORN
A KOPYA OF y KORN
1 OBOL (Silver) = 8 CHALKOI (KOPPA)
CHAWK AND KLINKER
CHALKOI
[Middle English, from Old English cealk, from Latin calx, calc-, lime
[Middle English, from Latin, lime, limestone, pebble, from Greek khalix, pebble.]
CALCULATOR
TZSLAYT
Foreign Exchange
In Athens
60 SHEKKELS = A MYNA
3600 SHEKKELS = A TALENT
In Jerusalem
A MINA = 60 SHEKKELS
A TALENT = 3600 SHEKKELS
In Babylon
In The Cyraean Trading Port of UGARYT
A MYNA = 50 SHEKKELS
A TALENT = 3000 SHEKKELS
The Parable of The Talents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Talents
YTZ A LARF A MINIT INIT
INNUIT
M8*
U EVVA ERD OV EVVY SLIVVER
EVVY SILVER
EVVY SILVA
WHITE GOLD
The Parable of The Talents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_Talents
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