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| The oldest known stone tablet of the Ten Commandments to be auctioned by Sotheby's |
| 2024-11-14 |
| [Jpost] An ancient marble tablet inscribed with an ancient Hebrew version of the biblical Ten Commandments is set to be auctioned by Sotheby's in New York on December 18. The auction house announced that the tablet will be exhibited to the public starting December 5. Sotheby's presented the tablet on Tuesday in a statement as "the oldest known version" of the Ten Commandments made in stone. The tablet dates from the Byzantine era and is approximately 1,500 years old. Weighing 52 kilograms and standing about 60 centimeters high, the stone bears twenty lines of text engraved in Paleo-Hebrew, a script that went out of common use many centuries ago. The twenty lines of text closely follow the biblical verses familiar to both Christian and Jewish traditions. However, although ten commandments are inscribed on the plaque, there is one commandment not found in the Book of Exodus: "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain." Sotheby's specified that the commandment not found in the Book of Exodus is to pray on Mount Gerizim, a specific sacred place for the Samaritans. |
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