A ring from the Herodium reading "Pilatus"
A cheap sealing ring from a Herodian site carries the name Pilatus.
ContestadoObjeto1st century AD
A simple copper-alloy sealing ring excavated fifty years before anyone could read it. Modern imaging showed a wine vessel and the Greek letters PILATO. Rings of this type were everyday objects, used by officials and their staff.
ΠΙΛΑΤΟ — Pilato.
- Encontrado
- Herodium, West Bank, 1969 — Gideon Foerster's excavation; the inscription read in 2018
- Conservado em
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Língua
- Greek
- Como chegou até nós
- Escavado, ou ainda de pé onde foi construído.
O que mostra
The name is rare in the region, but the ring is an ordinary type and would be unusual for a prefect's own use. It may have belonged to someone working for him, or to another Pilatus. The excavators themselves say so.
Como os historiadores o usam
Reported in the Israel Exploration Journal with the caveats intact; treated as suggestive rather than conclusive.
Na Escritura
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Fontes
- Amorai-Stark et al., "An Inscribed Copper-Alloy Finger Ring from Herodium", IEJ 68 (2018)
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