A collection of Babylonian inscriptions called the “Code of Eshnunna” includes a description of an elaborate system of weights and measures. Included among the initial provisions of this ancient law is the text, “One kor of barley is (priced) at 1 shekel of silver.” This resembles the language of the weights and measures system described in the Book of Mormon, a portion of which reads: “A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold” (Alma 11:7). Furthermore, in Babylon the primary conversion was between silver and barley—precious metal and grain values were convertible to each other. The law in Alma 11 has the same conversion factor; the basic measure for silver or gold was equal to “a measure of barley.” These similarities reveal just one more way that the culture in the Book of Mormon relates surprisingly well to ancient cultures. (See Echoes, 348–350.)