This December, Sotheby’s will auction one of the most widely known and influential texts in history: the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments. Dating to the Late Byzantine period, this remarkable artifact is approximately 1,500 years old and is the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments still extant from this early era. It will be offered as a single-lot sale on 18 December.
An extraordinary treasure from antiquity, inscribed with the moral code that underpins Western civilization, this stone tablet is a bridge between faiths, regions, and eras. It will be on public display at Sotheby’s New York, beginning 5 December.
