OAN Staff Nathaniel Mannor
1:30 PM – Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The earliest known complete tablet of the Ten Commandments is up for auction.
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Sotheby’s International senior specialist Sharon Liberman Mintz made that announcement on Monday, saying that the 155-pound stone slab is one of the most important treasures she’s ever seen.
The stone tablet is more than 1,500 years old. It dates back to when the Roman and Byzantine empires controlled much of Europe.
It was discovered along Israel’s coast in 1913. However, it did not garner immediate attention as an important piece of history.
However, Mintz said this is no ordinary copy of the Ten Commandments, as this version only contains nine of the original commandments from the book of Exodus.
“The third commandment, ‘Thou shall not take the Lord’s name in vain,’ is not there because this commandment was written by a Samaritan for use in a Samaritan synagogue, place of warship,” Mintz stated. “And instead, the tenth Commandments here is the admonition that one should worship on Mount Gerizim. Mount Gerizim is a holy site near Nablus, where the Samaritans still worship.”
The auction is set for next week and the tablet could fetch between $1 million to $2 million.
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