One of the earliest tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments (dating to A.D. 300-800) is scheduled to go up for auction at Sotheby's on Wednesday.

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Sotheby's to auction off ancient Ten Commandments tablet

The stone weighs 52 kilograms, is 60 centimeters high and is said to be worth up to two million dollars (1.91 million euros): On Wednesday, the auction house Sotheby's is auctioning off the white marble slab, which bears the oldest known inscription of the Ten Commandments carved in stone. About 1500 years ago, someone there carved in ancient Hebrew the basic commandments of God for Judaism and Christianity. The stone was discovered in 1913 duri…

Der Stein ist 52 Kilogramm schwer, 60 Zentimeter hoch und soll bis zu zwei Millionen Dollar (1,91 Mio. Euro) wert sein: Am Mittwoch versteigert das Auktionshaus Sotheby‘s die weiße Marmorplatte, auf der die älteste bekannte in Stein gemeißelte Inschrift der Zehn Gebote zu lesen ist. Vor etwa 1500 Jahren hat jemand dort in Althebräisch die für das Judentum und Christentum grundlegenden Gebote Gottes eingeritzt. Entdeckt wurde der Stein 1913 bei B…

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For Sale for $1 Million: The Oldest Ten Commandments Inscription (But There's a Wrong One in There)

A rare stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments will be sold at an auction in New York Wednesday.

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The stone weighs 52 kilograms, is 60 centimeters high and is said to be worth up to two million dollars (1.91 million euros): On Wednesday, the auction house Sotheby's will auction off the white marble slab on which the oldest known inscription of the Ten Commandments carved in stone can be read. Around 1,500 years ago, someone carved God's commandments, which are fundamental to Judaism and Christianity, in ancient Hebrew.

Der Stein ist 52 Kilogramm schwer, 60 Zentimeter hoch und soll bis zu zwei Millionen Dollar (1,91 Mio. Euro) wert sein: Am Mittwoch versteigert das Auktionshaus Sotheby's die weiße Marmorplatte, auf der die älteste bekannte in Stein gemeißelte Inschrift der zehn Gebote zu lesen ist. Vor etwa 1.500 Jahren hat jemand dort in Althebräisch die für das Judentum und Christentum grundlegenden Gebote Gottes eingeritzt.

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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.”

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Ten Commandments tablet, said to be 1,500 years old, goes up for auction

(ZENIT News / New York, 12.17.2024).- On December 18, 2024, a piece of human history will take center stage at Sotheby’s in New York as a rare stone tablet bearing one of the oldest known inscriptions of the Ten Commandments goes under the hammer. This 115-pound relic, originating from the Romano-Byzantine era between 300 and 800 AD, represents a tangible bridge to antiquity—offering both mystery and profound cultural significance. Discovered ov…

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New York - A more than 1,000-year-old marble slab carved with the Ten Commandments will go up for auction today at Sotheby's in New York. The starting price is $1 million (nearly 24 million crowns). The slab was found more than a century ago, NPR reported. However, some experts are skeptical about its authenticity.

New York - Více než 1000 let stará mramorová deska s vytesaným textem desatera přikázání půjde dnes do aukce v newyorské aukční síni Sotheby's. Vyvolávací cena je jeden milion dolarů (téměř 24 milionů korun). Deska byla nalezena před více než sto lety, uvedl server NPR. Někteří odborníci jsou nicméně ohledně její pravosti skeptičtí.

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