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The hacksilver hoard from Tell el-ʿAjjul in Gaza is the earliest known example of silver used as currency by weight in the region, about 3,600 years ago.
Image credit: Mariana Saltzberg, Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority
Image credit: Mariana Saltzberg, Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

1 posted on 01/30/2023 10:11:03 AM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Protect your retirement!

4 posted on 01/30/2023 10:18:07 AM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: SunkenCiv
So we're talking Mummies right?

Hoards of 3600 year old mummies coming to your town soon.

Someone always has to read the scroll out loud.


6 posted on 01/30/2023 11:46:37 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: SunkenCiv

1600 BC - no Israel at that time, So that means it would be Canaanite. Pre-Philistine as well


7 posted on 01/30/2023 12:08:26 PM PST by Cronos
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To: SunkenCiv
weight economy?

I didn't realize the problem has been around that long.


8 posted on 01/30/2023 12:43:51 PM PST by nicollo ("I said no!")
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