Pontius Pilate Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Caesarea inscription=== {{main|Pilate Stone}} [[File:Pilate Inscription.JPG|thumb|The Pilate Stone. The words <small>[...]TIVS PILATVS[...]</small> can be clearly seen on the second line.]] A single inscription by Pilate has survived in Caesarea, on the "[[Pilate Stone]]". The (partially reconstructed) inscription is as follows:{{sfn|Vardaman|1962|p=70}} {{Lang|la| :S TIBERIÉVM :{{silver (color)|PON}}TIVS PILATVS :{{silver (color)|PRAEF}}ECTVS IVDA{{silver (color)|EA}}E|italics=no}} Vardaman "freely" translates it as follows: "Tiberium [?of the Caesareans?] Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea [ ... has given?]".{{sfn|Vardaman|1962|p=70}} The fragmentary nature of the inscription has led to some disagreement about the correct reconstruction, so that "apart from Pilate's name and title the inscription is unclear."{{sfn|Taylor|2006|pp=565–566}} Originally, the inscription would have included an abbreviated letter for Pilate's [[praenomen]] (e.g., ''T.'' for Titus or ''M.'' for Marcus).{{sfn|Demandt|2012|p=40}} The stone attests Pilate's title of prefect and the inscription appears to refer to some kind of building called a ''Tiberieum'', a word [[Hapax legomenon|otherwise unattested]]{{sfn|Taylor|2006|p=566}} but following a pattern of naming buildings about Roman emperors.{{sfn|Demandt|2012|pp=41–42}} Bond argues that we cannot be sure what kind of building this referred to.{{sfn|Bond|1998|p=12}} [[Géza Alföldy|G. Alföldy]] argued that it was some sort of secular building, namely a lighthouse, while Joan Taylor and Jerry Vardaman argue that it was a temple dedicated to Tiberius.{{sfn|Taylor|2006|pp=566–567}}{{sfn|Vardaman|1962}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page