The Caesarea Maritima inscription naming Pontius Pilate

Record summary

A limestone block discovered during excavations at Caesarea Maritima in 1961 bears a Latin inscription referring to Pontius Pilate and a Tiberieum, probably a building dedicated to the emperor Tiberius. It is a securely documented inscription and an important administrative and chronological anchor for Roman Judaea. The fragment helps compare literary references to Pilate with provincial monumental practice, titulature and civic building. Because the text is damaged and reused in a later structure, reconstructions of the original monument and some titulary details depend on epigraphic interpretation.