Category:Pilate Inscription (subject)
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The Pilate Inscription is a block of limestone with a dedicatory Latin inscription by Pontius Pilate.
Overview
The Inscription was found in June 1961 at Caesarea Maritima by a team of Italian archaeologists led by Antonio Frova. It is now preserved at the Israel Museum at Jerusalem [Israel] (in Caesarea a replica is displayed at the ancient theater).
It is the only known occurrence of the name Pontius Pilate in any ancient inscription.
Text (Latin and English)
[DIS AUGUSTI]S TIBERIEUM -- To the Divine Augusti [this] Tiberieum
[...PO]NTIUS PILATUS -- ...Pontius Pilate
[...PRAEF]ECTUS IUDA[EA]E -- ...prefect of Judea
[...FECIT D]E[DICAVIT] -- ...has dedicated
References
- Jerry Vardaman, “A New Inscription Which Mentions Pilate as ‘Prefect.’” Journal of Biblical Literature 81 (1962) 70-71.
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