The 1,500-year-old marble slab inscribed with the Ten Commandments may fetch up to $2 million at auction, highlighting its significant historical and cultural value.
This is the earliest known complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, which are of course the moral code that underpins western civilization, according to Sharon Liberman Mintz.
The tablet bears Paleo-Hebrew script and features twenty lines of text closely following Biblical verses, yet it omits one commandment while adding a new directive for Samaritans.
Discovered near sites of early synagogues, this Late Byzantine tablet is the only complete one of its kind, emphasizing its unique place in religious history.
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