Sotheby's described the stone tablet, inscribed with the Ten Commandments, as the oldest in the world, selling for just over $5 million amid questions of its authenticity.
The tablet, approximately 1,500 years old and carved in early Paleo-Hebrew, reflects the unparalleled importance of this artifact, according to Richard Austin of Sotheby's.
Jacob Kaplan, who discovered the tablet in 1943, traced its origins back to 1913, when it was found during the construction of a railway in southern Israel.
The tablet was sold for $5.04 million, significantly exceeding Sotheby’s estimate of $1-2 million, demonstrating the artifact's immense cultural and historical value.
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