Dever, professor of Near Eastern archaeology and anthropology, says: “[It] cannot possibly have been ‘ invented ’ by writers living in the Hellenistic - Roman period several centuries after these weights had disappeared and had been forgotten.
Dever: „On võimatu, et [selle]„ mõtlesid välja ” kirjutajad, kes elasid Kreeka - Rooma perioodil mitu sajandit pärast seda, kui need kaaluühikud kasutuselt kadusid ja unustusse vajusid.