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| Oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sells for over $5m |
| 2024-12-20 |
| [IsraelTimes] Winning bid is far higher than predicted; anonymous buyer will donate Samaritan-linked slab to Israeli institution, while some question its authenticity Sotheby’s said the 115-pound (52-kilogram) marble slab was acquired by an anonymous buyer who plans to donate it to an Israeli institution. The New York-based auction house said the final price exceeded the presale estimate of $1 million to $2 million and followed more than 10 minutes of “intense bidding” during the global competition. The tablet dates from 300 to 800 CE and is inscribed with the commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script — the only complete example of its kind from antiquity, according to Sotheby’s. It was unearthed during railroad excavations along the southern coast of Israel in 1913 and was not recognized as historically significant at first. Sotheby’s said the tablet was used as a paving stone at a local home until 1943, when it was sold to a scholar who grasped its significance. “A tangible link to ancient beliefs that have profoundly shaped global religious and cultural traditions, it serves as a rare testament to history,” the auction house said. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 seems to be an idiomatic Samaritan version of the ten commandments leaves out the 'no taking the Lord's name in vain' commandment among other things |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-12-20 11:32 |
| #3 ...that's why we're so messed up. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-12-20 10:24 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-12-20 07:50 |
| #1 How easy history can be lost. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-12-20 06:59 |