Thursday, December 2, 2010

Replica of the famous 'Pilate Stone Tablet' of Caesarea. The tablet has an inscription in the name of Pontius Pilate, the procurator who ordered Jesus' crucifixion.- This 2000 year old limestone tablet is the first physical evdence (discovered in 1961) to prove that Pontius Pilate is a real character and not a mythical figure. The original tablet is now in Israel Museum, Jerusalem.


The tablet says: "Tiberieum, Pontius Pilatus, Prefect of Judea".This inscription was discovered in Caesarea by the group led by Italian Archaeologist Antonio Frova in 1961 and has been dated to 26-37 AD. Since no official Roman records for the existence of Pontius Pilate is known, before the discovery of this limestone tablet, many questioned the reliability of Pilate mentioned in the Gospels.

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