The Attic talent (a talent of the Attic standard), also known as the Athenian talent or Greek talent (, talanton), is an ancient unit of mass equal to 26 kg, as well as a unit of value equal to this amount of pure silver. A talent was originally intended to be the mass of water required to fill an amphora (one cubic foot) At the 2012 price of $1001/kg, a silver talent is worth $26,030. It was equivalent to 60 minae, 6,000 drachmae or 36,000 oboloi.