Talent

[pj]

Does anybody have any idea how much a talent weighted?

Like in a 'talent of gold' or a 'talent of silver'?  

[Patrick Waterson]

A talent varied in weight depending upon whose it was: the basic get-to-know rule of thumb is that 1 talent = 60 pounds (or 27kg if you prefer), but there were variations, most of the principal ones being summarised here:

Wikipedia article: Talent

A somewhat more detaled treatment of ancient and classical weights and measures can be found here:

Livius weights and measures

Memorise that lot and you will be an expert!

Patrick

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Does anybody have any idea how much a talent weighted?

Like in a 'talent of gold' or a 'talent of silver'?  

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