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- Oldest Known Tablet Inscribed with the Ten Commandments Sells for $5 Million at Auction
Oldest Known Tablet Inscribed with the Ten Commandments Sells for $5 Million at Auction
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The Ten Commandments tablet sold for $5.04 million to an anonymous buyer. The buyer intends to donate the artifact to an Israeli institution. The tablet dates back to the Late Roman-Byzantine era, around 1,500 years ago. The presale estimate was $1-$2 million, but the final price exceeded it. The tablet is a 52kg marble slab. The date of the tablet is estimated to be between 300 to 800 AD.
A tangible link to ancient beliefs that have profoundly shaped global religious and cultural traditions, it serves as a rare testament to history.
This remarkable tablet is not only a vastly important historic artifact, but a tangible link to the beliefs that helped shape Western civilization. To encounter this shared piece of cultural heritage is to journey through millennia and connect with cultures and faiths told through one of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes.
