A ring from the Herodium reading "Pilatus"
A cheap sealing ring from a Herodian site carries the name Pilatus.
ОспариваетсяПредмет1st 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.
- Найдено
- Herodium, West Bank, 1969 — Gideon Foerster's excavation; the inscription read in 2018
- Хранится
- Israel Antiquities Authority
- Язык
- Greek
- Как это дошло до нас
- Раскопано или до сих пор стоит там, где было построено.
Что она показывает
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.
Как это используют историки
Reported in the Israel Exploration Journal with the caveats intact; treated as suggestive rather than conclusive.
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Источники
- Amorai-Stark et al., "An Inscribed Copper-Alloy Finger Ring from Herodium", IEJ 68 (2018)
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