Of course, being a smartarse who wrote half of a book on measurement helps my familiarity with those and many that are more obscure. I also know how much a talent of gold (or other metal) weighs, and tend to laugh uproariously when someone asserts that it was a coin, which a surprising number of people do.
Last I looked, the Shekel seemed to be a matter of some considerable dispute (a factor of two or so, though some sources said that both ends had been right at different times, which seems entirely plausible). At least it is an actual coin, though :)
And I'm afraid I can give you at least three definite cubits and a couple more we don't have (and there may never have been) precise standards for. (How wide is Pharoah's palm, and can we measure it without being executed? ;-)
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And I'm afraid I can give you at least three definite cubits and a couple more we don't have (and there may never have been) precise standards for. (How wide is Pharoah's palm, and can we measure it without being executed? ;-)