Sharon Liberman Mintz discusses the oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments that is displayed at Sotheby's, in New York on Dec. 9, 2024. Richard Drew/AP Photo
NEW YORK—The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300–800 A.D., will be sold in New York this month, Sotheby’s auction house said.
The 155-pound marble slab inscribed with the commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script will be auctioned on Dec. 18.