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Headword: Σίκλον
Adler number: sigma,399
Translated headword: shekel
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
5 [pieces] of silver.[1] Moses mentions [it] in the Old [Testament].[2]
Greek Original:
Σίκλον: ἀργυρίου ε#. Μωϋσῆς δέ φησιν ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ.
Notes:
More usually siglos than siklos (here in the accusative): see LSJ s.v.
[1] (Meaning 5 Attic drachmas.) So the transmitted text, but, as Kuster pointed out, it should be 4: Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 3.8.2; Hesychius s.v. siglos.
[2] Exodus 39:1-3.
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Translated by: Constantina Katsari on 25 September 2002@18:11:06.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added notes and keywords) on 30 September 2002@04:21:23.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 1 January 2008@09:23:56.
David Whitehead (expanded n.1; more keywords; cosmetics) on 17 August 2011@10:43:11.
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