The oldest known stone tablet of the 10 Commandments which had been used as a paving slab for 30 years is now up for auction for just $2 million.

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.

(CNN) – The oldest-known tablet with the 10 Commandments from the Old Testament inscribed on it is going up for auction. Sotheby’s officials said it could go for $2 million. The religious rock dates back about 1,500 years, weighs 115 pounds and stands 2 feet tall.

The oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments, from 1,500 years ago, could fetch $2 million at a Sotheby's auction in December.

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It’s heading to the land of milk and money. We could see a bidding war of biblical proportions. A 1,500-year-old stone tablet engraved with the oldest known inscription of the Ten Commandments will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s New York next month.

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.

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.