The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when it goes up for auction next month.

For thirty years, the plaque served as a paving stone at the entrance of a house, with the inscription facing up and exposed to foot traffic.

The oldest known stone tablet featuring the Ten Commandments is set for auction at Sotheby’s and may sell for as much as $2 million.

The oldest known stone tablet of the 10 Commandments which had been used as a paving slab for 30 years is now up for auction for just $2 million.

Next month, the auction house will offer the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments, dating back to 300 to 800 C.E. The 1,500-year-old artifact is expected to fetch up to $2 million during the single-lot sale on December 18.

Dating to the Late Byzantine period, the remarkable artifact is approximately 1,500 years old and is the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments still extant from this early era. Weighing 115 pounds and measuring approximately two feet in height,

The oldest stone tablet depicting the Ten Commandments will be auctioned again, more than a hundred years after it was first discovered.

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The oldest-known tablet with the 10 Commandments from the Old Testament inscribed on it is going up for auction. Sotheby’s officials said it could go for $2 million. The religious rock dates back about 1,

It’s heading to the land of milk and money. We could see a bidding war of biblical proportions. A 1,500-year-old stone tablet engraved with the oldest known inscription of the Ten Commandments will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s New York next month.