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The 'mina' ''(or also: 'mine')'' is an ancient Greek unit of weight defined as being 50 shekels.
The mina, like the shekel, was also a unit of currency. In ancient Greece it was equal to 100 drachmae.
In ancient Sumerian times, a m'na was a unit of weight; but talents and shekels weren't around yet. 1/60 talents and also 60 shekels.
Since the Akkadian period, 2 m'na was equal to 1 sila of water ''(cf. clepsydra, water clock)''.
''Note, that the word "mine", in the sense of land mine came from the form of this ancient weight stone.''
The mina, like the shekel, was also a unit of currency. In ancient Greece it was equal to 100 drachmae.
In ancient Sumerian times, a m'na was a unit of weight; but talents and shekels weren't around yet. 1/60 talents and also 60 shekels.
Since the Akkadian period, 2 m'na was equal to 1 sila of water ''(cf. clepsydra, water clock)''.
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''Note, that the word "mine", in the sense of land mine came from the form of this ancient weight stone.''
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