The world’s oldest known painting of the Ten Commandments could fetch up to $2 million at auction on Wednesday New York City.
A 1,500-year-old marble slab was found inside Israel in 1913, but spent 30 years as a doorstone before its importance was realized.
Auction, at Sotheby’s in Manhattan, closed at 10am ET and results should be announced sometime today.
The 155-pound palette contains Paleo-Hebrew letters the script used to write the Bible.
There are twenty lines of text carved into the stone following verses from the Bible familiar to the Christian and Jewish traditions those who believe God gave Moses the Ten Commandments as a guide for his life.
However, it contains only nine commandments found in the Book of Exodus, not mentioning ‘Thou shalt not take Jehovah’s name in vain’ while adding a new commandment – to worship on Mount Gerizim, the holy place of the Samaritans. .
Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby’s expert on Judaica, said: ‘This is the most complete known palette of the Ten Commandments, which are certainly moral codes that promote the civilization of the West.
‘It’s a wonderful find. When you see it you can hear the sound of communication.’
The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments
The original site of the palace – possibly a synagogue – was probably destroyed by the Romans during the wars between 400-600 AD or in the 1100s.
This is the only complete late-Byzantine tablet that contains the Ten Commandments.
It was found during the excavation of a railway near the site of the first synagogues, mosques and churches.
The first two lines on the pallet are dedicated and then the rules are written.
In 1943, the tablet was bought by an expert who saw its value after deciphering the Paleo and Hebrew letters.
The expert, known only as Mr Kaplan, held the property until the 1990s, when it was sold.
It was sold again in 2005 and bought by its current owner, American collector Dr Mitchell Stuart Cappell, in 2016.
The story of Moses and the tables are described in the book of Exodus which explains how the Israelites were brought out of slavery in Egypt to Israel.
For Moses, the group thought that he may be the one who received orders from God or struck his staff in the water to part the Red Sea when the image is placed at the foot of the mountain.
The Bible says that Jehovah called Moses to go to Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights, and gave him instructions to build a tent and offer sacrifices.
After God finished talking to Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him two tables of stone, the Ten Commandments.
The original stones have never been found, but the one sold in New York is the oldest one left.
However, recently archaeologists have found evidence of the biblical city where Moses lived it is said that they took the Israelites.
The Bible says that the Israelites arrived in the Promised Land, also known as Canaan, around 1406 to 1407 BC after wandering in the desert for 40 years.
The Israel Antiquities Authority is working in Zanoah, which is mentioned in the Old Testament, uncovering stone walls, pottery and other artifacts dating back 3,200 years.
The 155-pound tablet contains the Hebrew and Hebrew texts used to write the Bible.
The site had walls made of rows of large white stones, which they believed to be fences for agricultural land that built a place for planting and protected the sloping land from erosion.
The preserved bodies were also pulled down, and one had a stamp on the handle that read ‘King’s,’ which was in honor of King Hezekiah’s reign in Judah in 701 BC.
Hezekiah’s life is described in the Bible book of 2 Kings chapter 18-20.
In the book of 2 Chronicles, it is said that the king reopened Solomon’s Temple, which was known as the ‘First Temple’ and built it in the place where God created Adam.
Pottery shards were found throughout the area, with about 20 percent dating back to when the Israelites were said to have arrived after 40 years of wandering in the desert—the rest were made in the next 900 years.
A decorative piece of decorative bowl made of white limestone.
‘It has a large rim decorated with an ornament of three fixed groups separated by spaces: the outer and inner groups are narrow and have lace decoration, while the central group is wide and has a medium grid pattern,’ the researchers shared. learning.
