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Etruscan mirror
Sarcophagus lid
Slab of a Volterra urn
Crater with columns
Kylix
Fragment of relief with Brahmanical ascetics
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False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
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Standing Buddha statue
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Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius
Shield umbone
Pair of earrings and ring
Crosses in gold foil
Sword grip
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Pair of fibulae
Fibbia Gota
Signet ring
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Lovere cup
Floor A
Floor B
Painted altar
Trivulzio Diatreta Cup
Patera (dish) from Parabiago
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Portrait (possibly Maximian)
Theatrical mask from Caesarea Maritima
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Volute oil lamp with figured disc
Epigraph of Pontius Pilate
Lucky fisherman statue
Treasury of Caesarea Maritima
Head in wood
Etruscan mirror
Sarcophagus lid
Slab of a Volterra urn
Crater with columns
Kylix
Fragment of relief with Brahmanical ascetics
Monaco
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
False shelf (Nāgadanta) figured
Curvilinear relief fragment with scenes from the life of the Buddha
Standing Buddha statue
Head of the Buddha
Parthenopaios crater
Oinochoe con Hermes e Nike
Oinochoe with Hermes and Nike (detail)
Lebes gamikos
Crater of the Ghiottoni
Crater with representation of the myth of Orestes
Fragment of Euphronius
Shield umbone
Pair of earrings and ring
Crosses in gold foil
Sword grip
Solid of Emperor Phocas
Pair of fibulae
Fibbia Gota
Signet ring
Head of Jupiter
Floor
Lovere cup
Floor A
Floor B
Painted altar
Trivulzio Diatreta Cup
Patera (dish) from Parabiago
Heracles at rest
Portrait (possibly Maximian)
Theatrical mask from Caesarea Maritima
Nymph with peplum
Volute oil lamp with figured disc
Epigraph of Pontius Pilate
Lucky fisherman statue
Treasury of Caesarea Maritima

Epigraph of Pontius Pilate

Anonymous

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During the archaeological excavations of A. Frova in Caesarea (1950), an epigraph was found that named Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judea, the only direct reference and not from literary sources (Gospels, Tacitus, Philo) of the person known for the trial of Jesus. This is an inscription of considerable importance, contemporary and official, direct testimony of the acts of Pontius Pilate which is indicated with the title of praefectus Iudaeae Pontius Pilate prefect of Judea [dedicated / restored and dedicated] the Tiberium [for the sailors / for the inhabitants of Caesarea] ”. The dedication refers to the construction of a public building in honor of Emperor Tiberius (14-37 AD) which is still unknown to archaeologists today. Excluding that it was a temple, one could think of a porticoed square, probably in the vicinity of the theater, where the stone was reused in the fourth century. A.D.
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Title: Epigraph of Pontius Pilate

Author: Anonymous

Date: 26 - 36 d.C.

Technique: Plaster cast of the original in limestone

Displayed in: Civic Archaeological Museum of Milan

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