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, seorang guru besar arkeologi dan antropologi Timur Dekat, berkata, ” [Itu] tidak mungkin ’ direka ’ para penulis yang hidup pada periode Yunani - Romawi beberapa abad setelah takaran ini hilang dan dilupakan.