The Pilate Stone
The Roman governor who tried Jesus is named, titled and placed in Judaea by a stone cut during his own term of office.
Citado fora da BíbliaInscriçãoAD 26–36
A limestone block, reused centuries later as a step, carrying a dedication that names Pontius Pilate and his title. It is the only inscription found bearing his name — and it confirms the office the Gospels give him, prefect, rather than the later term procurator that Roman writers used loosely.
[…]S TIBERIÉUM / [PON]TIUS PILATUS / [PRAEF]ECTUS IUDA[EA]E — "…Tiberieum … Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judaea…"
- Encontrado
- The Roman theatre at Caesarea Maritima, Israel, 1961 — Antonio Frova's Italian expedition
- Conservado em
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem (a replica stands at the site)
- Língua
- Latin
- Como chegou até nós
- Escavado, ou ainda de pé onde foi construído.
O que mostra
The restoration of the damaged letters is standard and the reading of Pilate's name is not in dispute.
Como os historiadores o usam
Cited in Roman provincial history as evidence for the equestrian title of Judaea's governors before AD 44 — a point of Roman administration, not of theology.
Na Escritura
Ligado a
Fontes
- Pilate stone — overview and bibliography
- Frova, "L'iscrizione di Ponzio Pilato a Cesarea" (1961)
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