Pilate Stone

The Pilate Stone (TM 198155 ) is a limestone block found in Caesarea Maritima in 1961. It can be dated to the early first century AD because it was carved under the authority of Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judea from AD 26 to 36. His name is legible on the second line. Otherwise it is an unremarkable fragmentary inscription with a dedication to Augustus and Livia. It probably stood in a temple honouring Tiberius. It is currently kept in the Israel museum in Jerusalem.