Two-shekel weight excavated in Jerusalem

TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Ancient two-Shekel weight discovered near Jerusalem's Western Wall. First Temple-era artifact used to measure two-shekalim unearthed near the Western Wall of Jerusalem (Arutz Sheva).

Archaeologists also discovered a half-shekel (beka) weight in the same vicinity in 2018.

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