The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when it goes up for auction next month. The stone, which dates back around 1,500 years to the Late Roman-Byzantine era, is a remarkable ...

Dating to the Late Byzantine period, the remarkable artifact is approximately 1,500 years old and is the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments still extant from this early era. Weighing 115 pounds and measuring approximately two feet in height,

The oldest stone tablet depicting the Ten Commandments will be auctioned again, more than a hundred years after it was first discovered.

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.

Sotheby's will sell the oldest inscribed tablet of the Ten Commandments in a single-lot sale in December. The 115-pound, two-foot tall marble tablet is approximately 1,500 years old and inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew script.