This Ten Commandments Tablet Could Fetch $2 Million at Auction

Thou shalt not overlook this upcoming Sotheby’s sale.

Next month, the auction house will offer the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments, dating back to 300 to 800 C.E. The 1,500-year-old artifact is expected to fetch up to $2 million during the single-lot sale on December 18.

The tablet is the only complete, surviving example of the Ten Commandments from the Late Byzantine period. It weighs in at a hefty 115 pounds and measures about two feet tall….