The stone tablet carries a Paleo-Hebrew script, and, according to Sotheby's, was held privately until an archeologist living in Israel realised its importance and purchased it. Photo: AFP
A stone tablet carrying engravings of the Ten Commandments sold for US$5mil (approximately RM23mil) at auction on Wednesday, Sotheby's announced.
The high figure was notched despite questions around the tablet's authenticity: no one has claimed it is the original, of Biblical fame, but some experts expressed doubts around its purported provenance, dating between the years 300 and 800 CE.
