Ten Commandments tablet, attributed to ancient Samaritans, goes up for auction
An inscribed tablet of the Ten Commandments -- claimed to be the world's oldest known extant example -- will go on auction Dec. 18 with expectations of garnering as much as $2 million. The esteemed auction house Sotheby's is facilitating the sale of what it says is an approximately 1,
Ancient Ten Commandments tablet to auction after decades in obscurity
A 1,500-year-old Byzantine tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on December 18, with an estimated value of $1-2 million.
Ancient Stone Tablet Inscribed With Ten Commandments Sells For $5 Million At Auction
An inscribed marble slab featuring the Ten Commandments sold for $5.04 million at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. The stone — written in archaic Samaritan Hebrew script — is the oldest known text of the Decalogue of its kind and estimated to have been carved sometime between 300 and 800 C.
Oldest Known Stone Tablet Inscribed With the Ten Commandments Sells for Over $5M
The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has been sold at an auction for more than $5 million
A Ten Commandments Tablet Sells for More Than $5 Million at Auction
Sotheby’s called the stone the world’s oldest inscribed with the Ten Commandments, but some experts had raised questions about its provenance and authenticity.
Oldest known stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells at auction
A stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for millions at an auction Wednesday to an anonymous buyer who plans to donate it to an Israeli institution.
Ten Commandment tablet that was used as paving stone sells for millions
The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday.SOURCE:Mixed/Lumen5
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