Ten Commandments tablet, said to be 1,500 years old, goes up for auction
Sotheby’s is facilitating the sale of what it says is an approximately 1,500-year-old tablet, which it describes as “the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments still extant from this early era.”
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.
Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $5M
The tablet dates from 300 to 800 A.D. and is inscribed with the commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script. It was unearthed in southern Israel in 1913.
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 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. The tablet, described by Sotheby’s auction house as the “oldest in the world” sold for just over $5 million,
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
Marble tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments auctioned for $5m
The tablet sold by Sotheby’s is the oldest known inscription in stone of the ancient text in Paleo-Hebrew script.
Oldest known stone tablet bearing Ten Commandments auctioned for over $5M
The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday. Sotheby’s said the 155-pound (52-kilogram) marble slab was acquired by an anonymous buyer who plans to donate it to an Israeli institution.
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