NEW YORK (AP) — The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 A.D., will be sold in New York this month,
Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby's Judaica Specialist, Books & Manuscripts, discusses the oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, weighing 115-pounds and approximately 1,500 years old, that is displayed at Sotheby's, in New York, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, where it is to be offered for auction in a single lot sale, Dec, 18, 2024. The 155-pound marble slab inscribed with the commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script will be auctioned on Dec. 18.
It was used as a paving stone at a local home until 1943 when it was sold to a scholar who grasped its significance, Sotheby’s said.
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