Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $US5 million

New York AP The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $US5 million at an auction on Wednesday. Sotheby’s said the 52 kilogram marble slab was acquired by an anonymous buyer who plans to donate it to an Israeli institution. Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby’s Judaica Specialist, Books & Manuscripts, […]
Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with Ten Commandments to be auctioned

New York City, US AP The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 AD, will be sold in New York this month, Sotheby’s auction house said. The oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, weighing 52 kilograms and approximately 1,500-years-old, is displayed at Sotheby’s, in New York, on […]
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