Archaeologists Discover Pontius Pilate Reference On Ancient Ring
December 26, 2018 By G.W. Thielman
New analysis has revealed an unusual inscription on a copper-alloy finger ring uncovered at Herodium 50 years ago. Documented by a team of archaeologists in Israel Exploration Journal, the ring briefly caught the media’s attention last month.
Based on the surrounding material, the ring was presumably deposited towards the latter half of the first century, probably about the period of the first Jewish revolt against Rome in AD 66-71. The broken hoop has a diameter of two-thirds of an inch, while the oval bezel measures one-half inch by one-third inch. The bezel relief features a krater (mixing vessel) as the motif, flanked by inscribed letters “PI†on the left and “LATO†on the right.
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/220-1607/features/4559-canada-erebus-discovery
