Iraq on the eve of the American invasion. A group of archaeologists is busy looking for clay tablets with the earliest exposition of the texts of Genesis, allegedly dictated by the forefather Abraham. The camp of scientists becomes a place of clash of various interests. Large businessmen - rarity merchants - by all means want to get a unique find. Here, in the camp, are a hired killer and a young priest, intending to prevent the bloodshed that he became aware of during confession. The small thing is to find the Clay Bible.