11-16-2005, 08:05 AM
I'm not sure Pilate's first name is even known. As far as I know, outside of the Bible, information on him is limited in the extreme. I have found one inscription mentioning him:
AE 1963, 00104 = AE 1964, 00039 = AE 1964, 00187 = AE 1971, 00477 = AE 1981, 00850 = AE 1991, 01578 = AE 1997, 00166 = GLICMar 00043 = AE 1999, 01681 (unsurprisingly, an inscription mentioning him is much discussed :wink: )
Provinz: Palaestina Ort: Caesarea
[3]s Tiberieum / [3 Po]ntius Pilatus / [praef]ectus Iudae[a]e / [ref]e[cit]
And as you can see, if there was a first name or even first letter mentioned, it got lost in the meantime.
AE 1963, 00104 = AE 1964, 00039 = AE 1964, 00187 = AE 1971, 00477 = AE 1981, 00850 = AE 1991, 01578 = AE 1997, 00166 = GLICMar 00043 = AE 1999, 01681 (unsurprisingly, an inscription mentioning him is much discussed :wink: )
Provinz: Palaestina Ort: Caesarea
[3]s Tiberieum / [3 Po]ntius Pilatus / [praef]ectus Iudae[a]e / [ref]e[cit]
And as you can see, if there was a first name or even first letter mentioned, it got lost in the meantime.
