shekel

Summary

shekel is an unit of mass^[1]. shekel draws 546 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_mass category, ranking #9 of 74).^[2]

Key Facts

• shekel's image is recorded as Shekel - Coins of Second Temple period.jpg^[3].
• shekel's instance of is recorded as unit of mass^[4].
• shekel's instance of is recorded as coin type^[5].
• shekel's measured physical quantity is recorded as mass^[6].
• shekel's Commons category is recorded as Ancient shekel^[7].
• shekel's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jcx7^[8].
• shekel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shekel^[9].
• shekel's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300191648^[10].
• shekel's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0142506^[11].
• shekel's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[12].
• shekel's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[13].
• shekel's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[14].
• shekel's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• shekel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/shekel-unit-of-weight^[16].
• shekel's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as money/sheqel^[17].
• shekel's Jewish Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 14795^[18].
• shekel's Nomisma ID is recorded as shekel^[19].
• shekel's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as sekel_-_gammel_vektenhet^[20].
• shekel's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 176580416^[21].
• shekel's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 4010158^[22].
• shekel's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Duck, You Sucker!^[23].
• shekel's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/5b26e59a-0521-43f2-9ca1-3cb6742a7c1d^[24].
• shekel's Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID is recorded as numismatica/1187289^[25].
• shekel's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as sicle^[26].
• shekel's Münzkabinett ID is recorded as denomination/1073^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for shekel include new shekel^[28], a currency^[29], in Israel^[30], founded in 1985^[31] and Old Israeli shekel^[32], an obsolete currency^[33], in Israel^[34].

Why It Matters

shekel draws 546 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_mass category, ranking #9 of 74).^[2] shekel has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] shekel is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for shekel include new shekel^[28], a currency^[29], in Israel^[30], founded in 1985^[31] and Old Israeli shekel^[32], an obsolete currency^[33], in Israel^[34].