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• The luchot are a 1 amah cube of sapphire (6x6x6 tefachim) (Baba Basra 14a)
• 3x6x6 tefachim individually (Baba Basra 14a)
• The writing filled each side ("tradition". I think I saw this in a Gemara too)
• There are more words in the first 5 commandments, so the letters were a smaller size to fit.(Mabit)
• The letters were carved straight through the luchot. (Shmot 32:15)
• The commandments may have been carved on all 6 sides of the cube. (Chikur HaDin II, ch. 2)

They may have looked something like this:

My 3D animation according to Talmud Yerushalmi

• The luchot are a 1 amah cube of sapphire (6x6x6 tefachim) (Baba Basra 14a)
• 3x6x6 tefachim individually (Baba Basra 14a)
• The writing filled each side ("tradition". I think I saw this in a Gemara too)
• There are more words in the first 5 commandments, so the letters were a smaller size to fit.(Mabit)
• The letters were carved straight through the luchot. (Shmot 32:15)
• The commandments may have been carved on all 6 sides of the cube. (Chikur HaDin II, ch. 2)

They may have looked something like this:

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• The luchot are a 1 amah cube of sapphire (6x6x6 tefachim) (Baba Basra 14a)
• 3x6x6 tefachim individually (Baba Basra 14a)
• The writing filled each side ("tradition". I think I saw this in a Gemara too)
• There are more words in the first 5 commandments, so the letters were a smaller size to fit.(Mabit)
• The letters were carved straight through the luchot. (Shmot 32:15)
• The commandments may have been carved on all 6 sides of the cube. (Chikur HaDin II, ch. 2)

They may have looked something like this:

• The luchot are a 1 amah cube of sapphire (6x6x6 tefachim) (Baba Basra 14a)
• 3x6x6 tefachim individually (Baba Basra 14a)
• The writing filled each side ("tradition". I think I saw this in a Gemara too)
• There are more words in the first 5 commandments, so the letters were a smaller size to fit.(Mabit)
• The letters were carved straight through the luchot. (Shmot 32:15)
• The commandments may have been carved on all 6 sides of the cube. (Chikur HaDin II, ch. 2)

They may have looked something like this:

My 3D animation according to Talmud Yerushalmi

• The luchot are a 1 amah cube of sapphire (6x6x6 tefachim) (Baba Basra 14a)
• 3x6x6 tefachim individually (Baba Basra 14a)
• The writing filled each side ("tradition". I think I saw this in a Gemara too)
• There are more words in the first 5 commandments, so the letters were a smaller size to fit.(Mabit)
• The letters were carved straight through the luchot. (Shmot 32:15)
• The commandments may have been carved on all 6 sides of the cube. (Chikur HaDin II, ch. 2)

They may have looked something like this:

• The luchot are a 1 amah cube of sapphire (6x6x6 tefachim) (Baba Basra 14a)
• 3x6x6 tefachim individually (Baba Basra 14a)
• The writing filled each side ("tradition". I think I saw this in a Gemara too)
• There are more words in the first 5 commandments, so the letters were a smaller size to fit.(Mabit)
• The letters were carved straight through the luchot. (Shmot 32:15)
• The commandments may have been carved on all 6 sides of the cube. (Chikur HaDin II, ch. 2)

They may have looked something like this: